Christopher Butson was a

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in the first half of the 19th century. Born in England in 1747, he was educated at

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and

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. He was nominated Dean of Waterford on 2 April and installed there on 12 May 1784. He also became Chancellor of Ferns and Leighlin on 12 March 1802. He was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 5 May and consecrated on 29 July 1804. Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, the sees of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh were united to those of Killaloe and Kilfenora on 29 January 1834, with Butson becoming

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of the new united diocese. He died in office on 22 March 1836.

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, Saturday, 26 March 1836; pg. 5; Issue 16061; col A

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1747 births 1836 deaths People educated at Winchester College Fellows of New College, Oxford Deans of Waterford 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub