Arthur Vincent Green (12 May 1857 – 24 September 1944) was an

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who founded two theological colleges.

Life

Green was born in

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on 12 May 1857. His parents were Eliza (born Dutton) and her husband Rev. Samuel Dutton Green. His younger sister and supporter

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was born in 1862. They were brought up in Adelaide, Wales and Scotland and educated at

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. He was

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in 1880 and his first posts were curacies at St Andrew's Church, Brighton, and

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. He then held incumbencies at Holy Trinity,

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and St Paul's,

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. His next post was as

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. In 1894 he was ordained to the

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as the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale. In 1898 he founded St John's College, Armidale and was the first Warden. In 1900 he was

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. In 1903 he founded St Aidan's Theological College and made a start on work on Christ Church Cathedral. He retired as bishop in 1915. From 1920 he was a

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at his old college. His sister

paid for the education of a young

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; in Richardson's coming of age novel ''

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'' Florence was depicted as Miss Isabella, and Arthur as her brother, the Rev Mr Shepherd. She was the founding headmistress of the

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. Another sister, Agnes, was a religious in the Community of St. Denys in

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. He died on 24 September 1944, aged 87.

Notes

1857 births People from the Borough of Guildford University of Melbourne alumni Anglican bishops of Grafton and Armidale Anglican bishops of Ballarat Anglican archdeacons in Australia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) 1944 deaths Archdeacons of Ballarat {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub