Political interests:
Leads for the Lords Spiritual on welfare reform.
Other interests: The north-east, foreign affairs, children & young people/ families, immigration & refugees, international development.
Parliamentary Activity:
Entered House of Lords, 2014 as Bishop of Durham.
Committees and All Party Groups
Officer, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Families in the Early Years, 2017 –
Co-chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for Parents and Families, 2015-16
Recent parliamentary contributions.
Biographical Details:
Born: 1955
Nottingham University BA 1977
Wycliffe Hall Oxford BA 1982
Deacon 1983, Priest 1984
Curate All Saints Wandsworth 1983-1987
Inner London Scripture Union 1987-1992
NSM St Paul’s Eeast Ham Chelmsford 1987-1994
St Mary w St Stephen’s Walthamstow 1994 -1997
St Luke’s Walthamstow 1994 -1997
Archdeacon Waltham Forest 2000-2004
Suffrigan Bishop Southampton Winchester 2004 – 2009
Bishop Southwell and Nottingham 2009 – 2014
Bishop of Durham 2014-
Biography on UK Parliament website (includes Register of Interests)
Contact details:
The Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham
House of Lords
London SW1A 0PW
Diocese:
Auckland Castle
Bishop Auckland
DL14 7NR
Tel: 01388602576
Twitter: @BishopPaulB
More information about the bishop and his ministry can be found at the Diocese of Durham website.
