Arthur Malcolm
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]
References[edit]
- ^ Loss, Noel. The History of North Queensland in Black and White: A Personal Retrospective Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". anglicanarchives.org.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Prentis, Malcolm D. A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History (Google Books) p. 130 (Accessed 25 September 2013)
- ^ "ABM: Prayers for Reconciliation". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Sydney Anglicans: Australia loses Indigenous Christian pioneer". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Malcolm, Alistair Arthur".
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