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Arthur Jones (bishop)
Arthur Lucas Vivian Jones OAM (11 December 1934 - 11 July 2021) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the 9th Bishop of Gippsland from 1994 to 2001.[1][2][3]
Jones was educated at St John's College, Morpeth, and Deakin University[4] and ordained in 1967.
His first post was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Orange, after which he was a missionary in Panama.[5] He was later vicar of Corangamite, rector of Woy Woy and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Sale, Victoria, before his ordination to the episcopate. He was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2006.[6] The marriage ended in divorce[7] and he then married Claudette.[8][9]
He died in 2021, aged 86.[10]
References edit
- ^ Australian Anglican 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Diocesan history 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Victoria Government Gazette
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ The Gippsland Anglican: "Launch of Bishop Arthur Lucas Jones' autobiography", Vol 116, No 4, May.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
- ^ The Gippsland Anglican: "Valerie Jones - A Tribute", Vol 116, No 2, March 2019, p 4.
- ^ "Ad Clerum: Arthur Jones" (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ The Gippsland Anglican: "Launch of Bishop Arthur Lucas Jones' autobiography", Vol 116, No 4, May 2019, p 7.
- ^ "Ad Clerum: Arthur Jones" (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2021.