John Arnold (priest)
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John Robert Arnold OBE (born 1 November 1933) is a retired Anglican priest and noted author.[1]
Arnold was educated at Christ’s Hospital[2] and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1960[3] and was then a curate at Holy Trinity, Millhouses, Sheffield then chaplain and lecturer at the University of Southampton. From 1972 to 1978 he was secretary of the Board for Mission and Unity for the General Synod of the Church of England when he became Dean of Rochester.[4] In 1989 he became Dean of Durham, a position he held until his retirement in 2002.
[edit] References
- ^ Amongst others he has written Eucharistic Liturgy of Taizé (1962); Strategist for the Spirit (1985); Rochester Cathedral (1987); Preaching from Cathedrals (1998); and Life Conquers Death (2007)
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008, ISBN 9780713672576
- ^ Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0715180886
- ^ The Times, 16 November 1977, p21, "New Dean of Rochester"
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| Preceded by Stanley Woodley Betts |
Dean of Rochester 1978 –1989 |
Succeeded by Edward Frank Shotter |
| Preceded by Peter Richard Baelz |
Dean of Durham 1989 –2002 |
Succeeded by Michael Sadgrove |
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