Arthur Wellesley Pain (21 August 1841 – 14 May 1920) was an Anglican bishop and the first

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from 1902 until 1917. Born in

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and educated at

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, he was

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in 1866. He began his career as

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before emigrating to

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two years later as incumbent of

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. His next appointment was as

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of Narellan, NSW then

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of Camden. In 1883 he was appointed rector of St. John's,

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, in East Sydney, and in 1893 chaplain to

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, Bishop of Sydney. From 1897 he was

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. It was announced in April 1902 that Pain would be appointed the first Bishop of Gippsland, and his ordination to the

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came when he was consecrated the following month.

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, 21 May 1902; p8; "Ecclesiastical Intelligence: Consecration of the first Bishop of Gippsland"

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1841 births People from the Borough of Bedford Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Gippsland 1920 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub