Alistair Arthur Malcolm (1934 – 29 July 2022) was the first Aboriginal bishop in the

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, licensed as an

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in the

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. Born in

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, and ordained a priest in 1978, Malcolm was consecrated on 12 October 1985 at

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and served as bishop to the Indigenous peoples of northern Queensland until his retirement in 2000. Malcolm and his wife Colleen wrote the Prayer for Reconciliation in '' A Prayer Book for Australia'' (1995). Malcolm died on 29 July 2022 in

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, at the age of 87.

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1934 births 2022 deaths Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland Indigenous Australian clergy {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub