Arthur Vincent Green (12 May 1857 – 24 September 1944) was an

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who founded two theological colleges. He was born in

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on 12 May 1857 and educated at

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. He was

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in 1880 and his first posts were

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at St Andrew's Church, Brighton, and

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. He then held incumbencies at Holy Trinity,

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and St Paul's,

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. His next post was as

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. In 1894 he was ordained to the

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as the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale. In 1898 he founded St John's College, Armidale and was the first Warden. In 1900 he was

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. In 1903 he founded St Aidan's Theological College and made a start on work on Christ Church Cathedral. He retired as bishop in 1915. From 1920 he was a

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at his old college. His sister Florence paid for the education of a young

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; in Richardson's coming of age novel ''

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'' Florence was depicted as Miss Isabella, and Arthur as her brother, the Rev Mr Shepherd. Another sister, Agnes, was a religious in the Community of St. Denys in

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. He died on 24 September 1944, aged 87.

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1857 births People from the Borough of Guildford University of Melbourne alumni Anglican bishops of Grafton and Armidale Anglican bishops of Ballarat Anglican archdeacons in Australia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) 1944 deaths Archdeacons of Ballarat {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub