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Basil Hume
Born: March 2, 1923
Died: June 17, 1999 (aged 76)
Bio: Basil Hume was a British 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.
Known for:
- Basil in blunderland (1997)
- The mystery of the cross (1998)
- Footprints of the Northern Saints (1996)
- The Mystery of Love (1996)
- Searching for God (1977)