John Robert Arnold, (born 1 November 1933) is a retired
Anglican
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priest and author.
Arnold was educated at
Christ's Hospital and
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife ...
. He was
ordained in 1960 and was then a
curate
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at Holy Trinity,
Millhouses,
Sheffield then
chaplain
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and
lecturer
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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. In 1989 he became
Dean of Durham, a position he held until his retirement in 2002. 1986-1992 he was vice-president, 1992-1997 president of the
Conference of European Churches. His papers are currently held at the archive of the Cambridge Center For Christianity World Wide.
Selected works
* ''Eucharistic Liturgy of Taizé'' (1962)
* ''Strategist for the Spirit'' (1985)
* ''Rochester Cathedral'' (1987)
* ''Preaching from Cathedrals'' (1998)
* ''Life Conquers Death'' (2007)
References
External links
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People educated at Christ's Hospital
Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Academics of the University of Southampton
Deans of Rochester
Deans of Durham
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
1933 births
Living people