Richard Rutt

Cecil Richard Rutt (Korean: Tae -Yong No, born August 27, 1925 in Langford in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, † July 27, 2011 in Truro ) was a British clergyman, Anglican Bishop of Leicester and Roman Catholic priest.

Life

Rutt received in 1952 the ordination of Anglican Communion and from 1954 was active in the mission in South Korea. He devoted himself to the Royal Asiatic Society in South Korea and was its president 1974 1972 he published the work " Korean Works and Days: Notes from the Diary of a Country Priest ." And if further works.

In 1966 he was appointed assistant bishop in the Anglican Church of Daejeon South Korea; He became Bishop of Daejeon in 1968. In 1973 he was appointed by Elizabeth II on the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. From 1974 to 1979 he was suffragan bishop in St. Germans, and from 1979 to 1991 Bishop of Leicester. In 1985 he became a member of the House of Lords. In 1990, he went into retirement.

He converted in 1994 to the Roman Catholic Church and received on 8 June 1995, the sacrament of Holy Orders. He was active in pastoral work in the parish of Falmouth. Rutt was honorary canon of the Cathedral of Plymouth; In 2009 he was beatified by Benedict XVI. appointed Monsignor.