Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster Primate of England and Wales
Church
Roman Catholic Church
Province
Westminster
Appointed
9 February 1976
Installed
25 March 1976
Term ended
17 June 1999
Predecessor
John Carmel Heenan
Successor
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Other post(s)
Cardinal Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Orders
Ordination
23 July 1950 by Thomas Shine
Consecration
26 March 1976 by Bruno Heim
Created cardinal
24 May 1976 by Paul VI
Rank
Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born
George Haliburton Hume
(1923-03-02)2 March 1923
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died
17 June 1999(1999-06-17) (aged 76) London, England
Buried
Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine, Westminster Cathedral, London
Nationality
British
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Parents
Sir William Errington Hume
Maria Elizabeth Hume (née Tisserye)
Previous post(s)
Abbot of Saint Lawrence's Abbey, Ampleforth (1963–1976)
Coat of arms
Memorial plaque at Hume's birthplace, 4 Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne
George Basil Haliburton HumeOSB OM (2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was an English 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 the cardinalate followed during the same year.[1] 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.[2]
During his lifetime, Hume received wide respect from the general public which went beyond the Catholic community.[3] Following his death, a statue of him in his monastic habit and wearing his abbatial cross was erected in his home town of Newcastle upon Tyne outside St Mary's Cathedral (opposite Newcastle station); it was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II.[4]
^Miranda, Salvador. "George Basil Hume". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^"The Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine - Westminster Cathedral". Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^Bergonzi, Bernard (15 January 2008). "English Catholics: a singular history & an uncertain future". Commonweal. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
^Urwin, Ray. "The statue of Cardinal George 'Basil' Hume outside St. Mary's Cathedral". northumbria.info. Archived from the original on 21 July 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
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author, and former ecumenical advisor to the Archbishops of Westminster BasilHume and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. He has been linked to the decision of various...
have been instrumental in the school's history. Hume House building, named after Cardinal BasilHume, combines St Cuthbert and St Edward-Wilfrid houses...
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original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. Miranda, Salvador. "George BasilHume". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Archived from the original on...
that his organisation did not allow to many of its victims". Cardinal BasilHume, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, condemned Sands, describing...
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is found hanged at his home in Harrow. He was 58. 17 June – Cardinal BasilHume, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, dies of cancer...
love shining in the darkness of the world." British primate Cardinal BasilHume declared: "Once it had happened, it seemed totally and entirely right...
gentlemen's club in London's Pall Mall, after being proposed by Cardinal BasilHume. He was chieftain of the Lochaber Highland Games for many years, and owned...
Roman Catholic clergy appointed, though it was rumoured that Cardinal BasilHume and his successor Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor were offered peerages...
funerals of the inaugural First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar, Cardinal BasilHume and Cardinal Thomas Winning. Magnusson has presented many television programmes...
received his episcopal consecration on 24 January 1992 from Cardinal BasilHume, OSB, with Archbishop Derek Worlock and Bishop Alan Clark serving as co-consecrators...
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