Arnold Lomas Wylde was Bishop of Bathurst during the mid 20th century.[1]
Born on 31 March 1880 and educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield[2] and University College, Oxford he was ordained in 1907. His first post was as curate at St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green[3] after which he was Vicar of the parish until 1921. Emigrating to Australia, he was appointed to the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, a period he considered the happiest of his ministry.[4] From 1923 until 1928 he was Principal of the Order. Appointed Coadjutor bishop of Bathurst in 1927[5] he ascended to the full Bishopric a decade later. In 1942 a parish within his diocese[6] brought an action against him for introducing "The Red Book"[7] a perceived heretical text into the Diocese's liturgy. Appointed CBE in 1957 he died in post a year later.[8]
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| Preceded by Horace Crotty |
Bishop of Bathurst 1937 –1958 |
Succeeded by Ernest Kenneth Leslie |
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