Hugh Christopher Budd PhL STD (known as Christopher Budd; born 27 May 1937) is a British Roman Catholic prelate and the 8th Bishop of Plymouth.

Early life and education

Born in

Romford Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romford ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

,(now East London),

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, he was educated at St Mary's Primary School, Hornchurch and at St Ignatius College, Stamford Hill. Budd was ordained a priest in Rome on 8 July 1962 for service in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in England. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Westminster. Overview The diocese covers the traditional county of Essex, an area of ...

Episcopal Ministry

He was appointed as Bishop of Plymouth on 19 November 1985 and received episcopal ordination on 15 January 1986. His successor, Mark O'Toole, was appointed on 9 November 2013 by

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

. In retirement he splits his time between

Lyme Regis Lyme Regis is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Herita ...

in Dorset and

Scilly Isles The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...

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1937 births Living people People from Romford 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in England 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in England Roman Catholic bishops of Plymouth English College, Rome alumni {{UK-RC-bishop-stub