What is Basil Hume?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = <small>[[His Eminence]]</small><br />[[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] | name = Basil Hume | honorific-suffix = <br /><small>[[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]], [[Order of Merit|OM]]</small> | title = [[Archbishop of Westminster]] | image = Newcastle, Cardinal Hume.jpg | coat_of_arms = Het correcte wapen van Basil Hume.jpg | caption = Statue of Basil Hume in Newcastle upon Tyne | province = [[Province of Westminster|Westminster]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster|Westminster]] | appointed = 9 February 1976 | enthroned = 25 March 1976 | ended = 17 June 1999 | predecessor = [[John Carmel Heenan]] | successor = [[Cormac Murphy-O'Connor]] | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of [[San Silvestro in Capite]] ''(1976 - 1999)'' | previous_post = [[Abbot]] of [[Ampleforth Abbey|Saint Lawrence's Abbey, Ampleforth]] ''(1963 - 1976)'' | ordination = 23 July 1950 | ordinated_by = | consecration = 26 March 1976 | consecrated_by = [[Bruno Heim]] | cardinal = 24 May 1976 | rank = | birth_name = George Basil Hume | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1923|3|2}} | birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|6|17|1923|3|2}} | death_place = [[London]], England | buried = [[Westminster Cathedral]] | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] | religion = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | residence = | parents = Sir William Errington Hume and Maria Elizabeth Hume (née Tisserye) | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = }} '''George Basil [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Hume''' [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]], [[Order of Merit|OM]], [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|MA]], [[Licentiate of Sacred Theology|STL]] (2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was a [[British people|British]] [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Archbishop of Westminster]] from 1976 and President of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales]] from 1979 until his