Arthur Jones (bishop) explained

Arthur Lucas Vivian Jones OAM (11 December 1934 - 11 July 2021) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the 9th Bishop of Gippsland from 1994 to 2001.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Jones was educated at St John's College, Morpeth, and Deakin University^[4] and ordained in 1967.

His first post was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Orange, after which he was a missionary in Panama.^[5] He was later vicar of Corangamite, rector of Woy Woy and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Sale, Victoria, before his ordination to the episcopate. He was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2006.^[6] The marriage ended in divorce^[7] and he then married Claudette.^{[8] [9]}

He died in 2021, aged 86.^[10]

References

1. http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/GSProceedings1995.DOC Australian Anglican
2. http://www.gippsanglican.org.au/history.html Diocesan history
3. http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1994/V/general/46.pdf Victoria Government Gazette
4. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
6. The Gippsland Anglican: "Launch of Bishop Arthur Lucas Jones' autobiography", Vol 116, No 4, May.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
7. The Gippsland Anglican: "Valerie Jones - A Tribute", Vol 116, No 2, March 2019, p 4.
8. Web site: Ad Clerum: Arthur Jones. 22 July 2021.
9. The Gippsland Anglican: "Launch of Bishop Arthur Lucas Jones' autobiography", Vol 116, No 4, May 2019, p 7.
10. Web site: Ad Clerum: Arthur Jones. 22 July 2021.