Jack Dain

Arthur John Dain (called Jack; 13 October 1912 – 3 March 2003) son of Herbert John and Elizabeth, and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, after which he was in the British Merchant Navy.

Missionary and military He trained at the Missionary Training College, London and became a missionary in Bihar Province,

Ordained ministry Dain was made a deacon at Michaelmas 20 September 1959, by Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral "for the colonies" (i.e. not intended to serve a usual curacy/title in Essex), and ordained priest the same year. (or an assistant bishop). From 1980 until his retirement in 1982, he was senior assistant bishop and chief executive officer of the Diocese of Sydney. with whom he had four daughters; and in 1986 to Hester Quirk. He was a published author – of Mission Fields To-day in 1956 and of Missionary Candidates in 1959 – and he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1979. He retired to Lindfield, West Sussex (United Kingdom) and served the Diocese of Chichester as an honorary assistant bishop from 1987 until his death.