Arthur John Grimshaw (born

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, Victoria 9 February 1933; died

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6 September 2019) was the Australian Dean of

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from 1985 to 1998. He was educated at St John's College, Morpeth and the

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, graduating BA in 1957. He was ordained as a priest in 1958 and first served as a curate in Surrey Hills. He was appointed Assistant Chaplain at Geelong Grammar School from 1959 to 1961, vicar of Romsey and Sunbury with Lancefield from 1961 to 1964 and Precentor at

St George's Cathedral, Perth St George's Cathedral is the principal Anglican church in the city of Perth, Western Australia, and the mother-church of the Anglican Diocese of Perth. It is located on St Georges Terrace in the centre of the city. On 26 June 2001 the cath ...

from 1964 to 1968. He was then Rector of Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley (1968–1975), Rector of St Paul's, Ipswich (1975–1980), Archdeacon at Moreton (1975–1983), Rector of St Augustine's, Hamilton (1980–1985) before becoming Dean of Brisbane from 1985 to 1998. After that he was Dean Emeritus.

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