About Gordon Arthur
Lived 1909 – 1992 (aged 82). Gordon Arthur was an anglican priest.
Robert Gordon Arthur (17 August 1909 – 9 June 1992) was an Anglican bishop in Australia who was the Bishop of Grafton from 1961 to 1973.
Arthur was educated at Devonport High School for Boys and the University of Melbourne (BA 1930, MA 1934). From 1931 to 1949 he was a Methodist minister. He was ordained as an Anglican deacon and priest in 1949. After ordination he was a curate at St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, New South Wales (1949–1950), and then rector of Berridale, New South Wales (1950–1953). and was later the Archdeacon of Canberra. From 1956 to 1961 he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. He was then Bishop of Grafton (1961–1973).
On retirement from Grafton, he became rector of St Philip's, O'Connor, Canberra (1973–1974). His final ministry was as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield (1978–1980).
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Who was Gordon Arthur?
Australian bishop (1909–1992)
When was Gordon Arthur born?
Gordon Arthur was born on 17 August 1909.
When did Gordon Arthur die?
Gordon Arthur died on 9 June 1992.
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Gordon Arthur was an anglican priest.
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