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Cardinal Basil Hume (1923-1999) was an obscure Benedictine abbot teaching at a Yorkshire public school when selected to become the new Archbishop of Westminster, the position that serves as the de facto Catholic leader of England and Wales.

Cardinal '''Basil Hume''' (1923-1999) was a [[British]] clergyman and leader of the [[Roman Catholic]] church in [[England]] & [[Wales]]. Bornm in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], he was an obscure Benedictine abbot teaching at a Yorkshire public school (Ampleforth) when selected to become the new Archbishop of Westminster, the position that serves as the de facto Catholic leader of England and Wales.

Cardinal Hume had "a more liberal outlook than the Pontiff, and "emphasised the Church's role in fighting for social justice."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/06/99/cardinal_hume_funeral/334766.stm</ref>

Cardinal Hume had "a more liberal outlook than the Pontiff, and "emphasised the Church's role in fighting for social justice."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/06/99/cardinal_hume_funeral/334766.stm</ref>

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