Arthur Malcolm Explained

Alistair Arthur Malcolm (1934 – 29 July 2022) was the first Aboriginal bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia, licensed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of North Queensland.[1]

Born in Yarrabah, Queensland, and ordained a priest in 1978, Malcolm was consecrated on 12 October 1985 at Townsville[2] and served as bishop to the Indigenous peoples of northern Queensland until his retirement in 2000.[3]

Malcolm and his wife Colleen wrote the Prayer for Reconciliation in A Prayer Book for Australia (1995).[4]

Malcolm died on 29 July 2022 in Edmonton, Cairns, at the age of 87.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities/libraries/resources/Documents/L2%20Loos%20Transcript.pdf Loss, Noel. The History of North Queensland in Black and White: A Personal Retrospective
  2. Web site: Archived copy . anglicanarchives.org.au . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130409162722/http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/PHOTS192.htm#PHOT06364 . 9 April 2013 . dead.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=0KFveKCgA8sC&pg=PA130 Prentis, Malcolm D. A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History
  4. Web site: ABM: Prayers for Reconciliation. 2 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Sydney Anglicans: Australia loses Indigenous Christian pioneer. 2 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Malcolm, Alistair Arthur.

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