Arthur William Luther
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The Right Reverend
Arthur William Luther was an Anglican Bishop
in India from 1957 to 1973.
He was born on 21 March 1919, educated at Nagpur University and ordained in 1974. He was Chaplain
to the Bishop of Nagpur
then Headteacher of Bishop Cotton Boys' School before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Nasik
in 1957. Translated
to Bombay
in 1970, he retired three years later. He died on 25 January 2009.
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Right Reverend
The Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...
Arthur William Luther was an Anglican Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
in India from 1957 to 1973.
He was born on 21 March 1919, educated at Nagpur University and ordained in 1974. He was Chaplain
Chaplain
Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
to the Bishop of Nagpur
George Sinker
George Sinker, MA, , was Bishop of Nagpur and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral....
then Headteacher of Bishop Cotton Boys' School before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Nasik
Bishop of Nasik
The Bishop of Nasik exercises episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Nasik of the Church of North India.-Succession:This is an incomplete list of people who have served as the Bishop of Nagpur.-See also:*Christianity in India...
in 1957. Translated
Translation (ecclesiastical)
Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...
to Bombay
Bishop of Bombay
The Bishop of Bombay was the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Bombay from its inception in 1837 until the foundation of the Church in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon in 1927; and since then head of one of its most prominent Dioceses.-External links:*...
in 1970, he retired three years later. He died on 25 January 2009.
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