Felix Raymond Arnott CMG

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....

 was the sixth Archbishop

Archbishop

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 of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane

Anglican Diocese of Brisbane

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He was born on 8 March 1911 and educated at Ipswich School

Ipswich School

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 and Keble College, Oxford

Keble College, Oxford

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. Ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon

Ripon College Cuddesdon

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  in 1934, his first post was a curacy

Curate

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 in Elland

Elland

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. After which he was Chaplain

Chaplain

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  to the Bishop of Wakefield

James Buchanan Seaton

The Rt Rev James Buchanan Seaton, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.He was born on 19 March 1868, educated at Leeds Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford and ordained in 1894. After a period as a Curate in Oswestry he was Vice-Principal of Leeds Clergy...

 then Warden

Warden (college)

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 of St John’s College, Brisbane

St John's College, University of Queensland

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. From 1946 to 1963 he held a similar post at St. Paul's College, Sydney

St. Paul's College, Sydney

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 where he was also a university

University of Sydney

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 lecturer

Lecturer

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, in Ecclesiastical History

Ecclesiastical History

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. In 1963 he became Coadjutor Bishop

Coadjutor bishop

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 of Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese includes the urban cities of Melbourne and Geelong and also some more rural areas. The cathedral church is St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne...

. In 1970 he became Archbishop of Brisbane and Metropolitan  of Queensland

Queensland

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, posts he held for a decade

Decade

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. He died on 27 July 1988.