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Arthur Hamilton Butler MBE (8 March 1912 – 6 July 1991) was an Irish bishop in the Church of Ireland in the second half of the 20th century.

Born on 8 March 1912 and educated at Friars School, Bangor and Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1936 and began his career as a curate at Monkstown, County Dublin. London curacies at Christ Church, Crouch End and Holy Trinity, Brompton were followed by six years as Army Chaplain. In 1945 he returned to Monkstown as incumbent, a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate as the 10th Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in 1958. He was translated to be Bishop of Connor in 1969 and retired in 1981. He died 6 July 1991.

References

1. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F; Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
2. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
4. The Times, Thursday, 10 April 1958; p. 10; Issue 54121; col D New Bishop of Tuam
5. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: CUP. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

• 1912 births
• People educated at Friars School, Bangor
• Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
• Bishops of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry
• 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
• Bishops of Connor
• 1991 deaths
• Irish military chaplains
• Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers