Arthur Stanley Goldsworthy (18 February 1926 – 16 November 2014) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Bunbury in the

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from 1977 to 1983. Goldsworthy was educated at Dandenong High School and St Columb's Hall, Wangaratta. He was ordained in 1952. His first position was a

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, after which he was priest in charge of Bethanga. He then held incumbencies at Chiltern and Kensington, Melbourne. He was appointed as

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and then of

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before his ordination to the

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/ref> After retirement from the see, he held incumbencies in Hendra,

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and Meningie (Diocese of The Murray) before retirement from ministry in 1992. He died in McLaren Vale on 16 November 2014 and was buried in the churchyard of St Philip & St James' Church, Old Noarlunga.

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Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Bunbury 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia St Columb's Hall, Wangaratta alumni 1926 births 2014 deaths {{Australia-Anglican-bishop-stub