George Butler (13 February 1815,

Limerick Limerick ( ; ) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. W ...

– 3 February 1886, Limerick) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. Butler was educated at

St Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mou ...

, and ordained in 1838. He spent his whole career in

, as a curate, then a parish priest, and finally as dean of its cathedral. He was consecrated on 6 June 1864 and died in post. He received the degree of

Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (DD or DDiv; ) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity (academic discipline), divinity (i.e., Christian theology and Christian ministry, ministry or other theologies. The term is more common in the Englis ...

(DD).

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1815 births Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1886 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Limerick Christian clergy from County Limerick {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub