| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Arthur Moulton | |
| Church: | Episcopal Church |
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| Term: | 1920–1946 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | Paul Jones |
| Successor: | Stephen C. Clark |
| Ordination: | 1901 |
| Consecration: | April 29, 1920 |
| Consecrated By: | Daniel S. Tuttle |
| Birth Date: | 3 May 1873 |
| Buried: | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Parents: | John D. Moulton & Emma Jane Moulton |
| Spouse: | Mary C. Prentice |
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| Alma Mater: | Hobart College |
Arthur Wheelock Moulton (May 3, 1873 – August 18, 1962) was an American Episcopal bishop, born at Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Hobart College,[1] where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity,[2] then attended the Episcopal General Theological Seminary, and the Episcopal Theological School.[1] He was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1901. From 1900 to 1918, he was curate and rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts.[1] He was awarded an honorary A.M. degree by Hobart College in 1909[3] He served in World War I as a chaplain in the field artillery and at a base hospital in France. On April 29, 1920, he was consecrated bishop of Utah, where he served until his retirement in 1946.[1] He wrote Memoir of Augustine H. Amory (1909) and It Comes to Pass (1916). He died in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1962.[1] [4] [5]
In retirement from 1946 on Moulton campaigned for world peace. He lent his name to communist groups, but in 1951, he turned down the $25,000 Stalin Peace Prize by reportedly saying that "The only reward I want in working for peace is peace".[6]