Tom Butler (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Tom Butler PhD MSc |
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| Bishop of Southwark | |
Butler at Southwark Cathedral in 2009
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| Diocese | Diocese of Southwark |
| Installed | 12 September 1998 |
| Term ended | 5 March 2010 (retired) |
| Predecessor | Roy Williamson |
| Successor | Christopher Chessun |
| Other posts | Interim area bishop for Bradford (2014–present) Acting diocesan Bishop of Bradford (2014) "Mentor bishop" for the Diocese of Leeds (2014–present) Bishop of Leicester (1991–1998) Bishop of Willesden (1985–1991) Archdeacon of Northolt 1980–1985 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1964 (deacon); 1965 (priest) |
| Consecration | c. 1985 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 March 1940 Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Barbara Butler |
| Children | 2 adult |
| Occupation | Academic and author |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Thomas Frederick "Tom" Butler (born 5 March 1940) is a British retired Anglican bishop. He was the ninth Anglican Bishop of Southwark. He was enthroned in Southwark Cathedral on 12 September 1998. He retired from this position on 5 March 2010. In 2014, Butler has been involved in the transition process for the new Diocese of Leeds as "mentor bishop" since February 2014, as acting diocesan Bishop of Bradford (February–20 April 2014) and as interim area bishop for Bradford since 20 April 2014.
Born in Birmingham, Butler attended King Edward VI Five Ways school in Birmingham and the University of Leeds, where he obtained a first class honours BSc, an MSc and PhD in electronics. He trained for ordination with the Mirfield Fathers at the College of the Resurrection in Yorkshire.
After ordination in 1964, he served three years as a curate in the Diocese of Ely and Diocese of Canterbury before spending 12 years as a lecturer in electronics and a chaplain at the University of Zambia and then at the University of Kent in Canterbury. During this period he was on the staff of Lusaka Cathedral and Canterbury Cathedral respectively. From 1980 to 1985, Butler was the Archdeacon of Northolt in the Diocese of London.
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