Arthur Pain
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Arthur Wellesley Pain (21 August 1841 – 14 May 1920) was an Anglican bishop and the first Bishop of Gippsland from 1902 until 1917.[1]
Born in Felmersham and educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge,[2] he was ordained in 1866.[3] He began his career as curate of Holbrook, Suffolk before emigrating to Australia.[4] Here he was the incumbent of Narellan, NSW then Rural Dean of Camden and after that East Sydney before his ordination to the episcopate in 1902.[5][6]
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Bishop of Gippsland 1902 –1917 |
Succeeded by George Harvard Cranswick |
[edit] Notes
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Pain, Arthur Wellesley". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ “In the Master's service for 52 years in Australia, Arthur Wellesley Pain”, Pain, A.F: NSW, Belrose, 1981, ISBN 0959323902
- ^ Diocese of Gippsland web site
- ^ The Times, 21 May 1902; p8; "Ecclesiastical Intelligence: Consecration of the first Bishop of Gippsland"
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