James Alexander Grant (31 August 1931 – 10 July 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop who was the

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from 1985 to 1999. Grant was educated at the

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where he took a BA(Hons) in history. After further studies at the

Trinity College Theological School, Melbourne Trinity College Theological School (TCTS) is an educational division of Australia's Trinity College, the oldest residential college of the University of Melbourne. It is also one of the constituent colleges of the University of Divinity. The Schoo ...

, during 1957 and 1958, where he was awarded the Hey Sharp Prize in the Licentiate of Theology examination, he was

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in 1959.First Senior Fellows Appointed
, Trinity College website news item, 21 Oct. 2010. (accessed 18 July 2015) He also obtained a Bachelor of Divinity from the Melbourne College of Divinity in 1968. After

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and Broadmeadows he was

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to Frank Woods,

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, from 1966 until his consecration as a

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on 21 December 1970 at

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. Grant was also chaplain of Trinity College from 1970 to 1975 and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1985–99. He had been chairman of Lowther Hall CEGGS, Tintern CEGGS, Melbourne CEGGS, the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Mission to Streets and Lanes. Grant collaborated with Geoffrey Serle in the publication of ''The Melbourne Scene'' (1957), is the author of the centenary history of Trinity College, ''Perspective of a Century'' (1972), and a history of Anglicans in Victoria, ''Episcopally Led and Synodically Governed: Anglicans in Victoria 1803–1997'' (2010). He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1994, received a Jubilee Medal in 1977 and a Centenary Medal in 2001 and in his retirement continued to serve Trinity College as its bequest officer.

Personal

Grant died on 10 July 2019. His widow is Rowena Armstrong , a former Victorian Chief Parliamentary Counsel.

References

1931 births 2019 deaths Australian Anglican priests University of Melbourne alumni People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) Deans of Melbourne Members of the Order of Australia Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Religious leaders from Melbourne Recipients of the Centenary Medal {{Australia-Anglican-bishop-stub