Felix Arnott

Felix Raymond Arnott CMG, Th.D., M.A., B.A.[1][2] (8 March 1911 – 27 July 1988) was the sixth Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.[3]

Early life and education

He was born on 8 March 1911 and educated at Ipswich School and Keble College, Oxford.[4]

Career

Ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1934, his first post was a curacy in the parish of All Saints and St Mary, Elland (1934–38).[5] After that he was chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield (1936–39), during which he was also Vice-Principal of Bishops' College, Cheshunt (1938–39).[6] He was then Warden of St John's College, Brisbane (1939–46).[7] From 1946 to 1963, he held a similar post at St. Paul's College, Sydney, where he was also a lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the University of Sydney. In 1963, he became coadjutor Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Melbourne: he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day 1963 at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.[8] In 1970, he became Archbishop of Brisbane and Metropolitan of Queensland, posts he held for a decade. On retirement in 1980 he was then Honorary Chaplain in Venice for two years.[9]

He died on 27 July 1988, and was survived by his wife Anne.[10]

References
  1. ADB online
  2. "THE REVEREND FELIX RAYMOND ARNOTT MA THD | St Paul's College". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  3. "Anglican Archives website". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  4. Who was Who 1897-1990 (London, A & C Black, 1991) ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. .Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 28.
  7. .Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 28.
  8. Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Church Times: "Dr. Felix Arnott", 5 August 1988, p 3". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. "Church Times: "Dr. Felix Arnott", 5 August 1988, p 3". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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