Felix Arnott

Felix Raymond Arnott CMG, Th.D., M.A., B.A.[1][2] (1914-1986) was the sixth Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.[3]

Early life and education

He was born on 8 March 1914 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.[5] After which, he was chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield, then Warden of St John’s College, Brisbane. 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.[6] In 1970, he became Archbishop of Brisbane and Metropolitan of Queensland, posts he held for a decade.

He died on 27 July 1986.

References

1. ADB online
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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. Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Religious titles
Preceded by Philip Strong	Archbishop of Brisbane 1971–1979	Succeeded by John Grindrod