Christopher was born Basil Butler in Reading, Berkshire. He was a convert from the C of E to the Roman Catholic Church, a bishop, scholar and a Benedictine monk.
He became the 7th Abbot bishop of Downside Abbey (1946-66), Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation and an auxiliary bishop of Westminster (1966).
It was in his capacity as Abbot President (1961-66) of the English Benedictine Congregation and as an outstanding scripture scholar, that Christopher was called to Rome to participate in Vatican 11 (1962-65). He was one of maybe 24 (men who made the Council’ contributing, often in fluent Latin, to many of council’s documents.
Christopher was a prolific writer. a bibliography of his books, articles and reviews running to some 337 titles. He was a popular guest on BBC’s radio programmes.
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