1923 - 1999
Basil Hume Scottish
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First Name |
Basil
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Last Name |
Hume
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Birthday |
2nd March, 1923
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Birthplace |
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Died |
17th June, 1999
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Buried |
Westminster Cathedral
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Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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Nationality |
Scottish
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George Basil Hume OSB OM (2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was an English Roman Catholic bishop. He was a monk and priest of the English Benedictine monastery of Ampleforth Abbey and its abbot for 13 years until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976. His elevation to cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church followed during the same year. From 1979, Hume served also as President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He held these appointments until his death from cancer in 1999. His final resting place is at Westminster Cathedral in the Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine.