John Arnold (priest)

John Robert Arnold, OBE (born 1 November 1933) is a retired Anglican priest and noted author.

The Very Reverend John Arnold OBE
Dean of Durham
Arnold speaking on occasion of the regional Kirchentag in East Berlin, 1987
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
In office	1989 to 2002
Predecessor	Peter Baelz
Successor	Michael Sadgrove
Other posts	Dean of Rochester (1978–1989)
Orders
Ordination	1960
Personal details
Birth name	John Robert Arnold
Born	1 November 1933
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Education	Christ's Hospital
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Arnold was educated at Christ’s Hospital[1] and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1960[2] and was then a curate at Holy Trinity, Millhouses, Sheffield then chaplain and lecturer at the University of Southampton. From 1972 to 1978 he was secretary of the Board for Mission and Unity for the General Synod of the Church of England when he became Dean of Rochester.[3] In 1989 he became Dean of Durham, a position he held until his retirement in 2002. 1986-1992 he was vice-president, 1992-1997 president of the Conference of European Churches. His papers are currently held at the archive of the Cambridge Center For Christianity World Wide.[4]

Selected works

• Eucharistic Liturgy of Taizé (1962)
• Strategist for the Spirit (1985)
• Rochester Cathedral (1987)
• Preaching from Cathedrals (1998)
• Life Conquers Death (2007)

References

1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
2. Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
3. The Times, 16 November 1977, p21, "New Dean of Rochester"
4. CCCW https://www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/archives/. Retrieved 4 March 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Media related to John Robert Arnold at Wikimedia Commons