Robert Gordon Arthur (17 August 1909 – 9 June 1992) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

bishop in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. He was the

Bishop of Grafton The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese is located in north-east New South Wales and covers the area from the Queensland border to Port Macquarie in the south and west to the ...

from 1961 to 1973. Arthur was educated at Devonport High School for Boys and the University of Melbourne (BA 1930, MA 1934). From 1931 to 1949 he was a Methodist minister. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1949. After ordination he was a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn The St Saviour's Cathedral is the heritage-listed cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. The cathedral is dedicated to Jesus, in his title of Saviour. ...

(1949-50), and then rector of Berridale (1950-53). After this he was

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

of St John's, Canberra. He was later the

Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

of Canberra. From 1956 to 1961 he was an

assistant bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. Church of England In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually retired (diocesan or suffragan) bishops – in which case they ...

in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. He was then

(1961-73). On retirement from Grafton he became rector of St Philip's, O'Connor, (1973-74). and then Priest-in-Charge of Bratton Oratory (1975-78) and Rural Dean of Heytesbury (1976-77). His final ministry was as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield (1978-80).

References

1909 births People educated at Devonport High School for Boys University of Melbourne alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn Anglican bishops of Grafton 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1992 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub