Arthur Malcolm

Alistair Arthur Malcolm (1934 – 29 July 2022) was the first Aboriginal bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia, licensed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of North Queensland.[1]

Born in Yarrabah, Queensland, and ordained a priest in 1978, Malcolm was consecrated on 12 October 1985 at Townsville[2] and served as bishop to the Indigenous peoples of northern Queensland until his retirement in 2000.[3]

Malcolm and his wife Colleen wrote the Prayer for Reconciliation in A Prayer Book for Australia (1995).[4]

Malcolm died on 29 July 2022 in Edmonton, Cairns, at the age of 87.[5][6]

References

1. Loss, Noel. The History of North Queensland in Black and White: A Personal Retrospective Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Archived copy". anglicanarchives.org.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
3. Prentis, Malcolm D. A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History (Google Books) p. 130 (Accessed 25 September 2013)
4. "ABM: Prayers for Reconciliation". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
5. "Sydney Anglicans: Australia loses Indigenous Christian pioneer". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
6. "Malcolm, Alistair Arthur".