Donald Arden

The Rt Rev Donald Seymour Arden CBE (born 12 April 1916)^[1] is an eminent Australian Anglican priest.^[2]

Arden was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and the University of Leeds. He was ordained Deacon in 1939 and Priest in 1940 after a course of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. ^[3] His first posts were curacies in Hatcham and Nettleden . In 1944 he joined the Pretoria African Mission eventually becoming Director of the Usuthu Mission in Swaziland. From 1961^[4] to 1971 he was the Bishop of Nyasaland/Malawi – as Bishop of Nyasaland until Malawian independence in 1964 and as Bishop of Malawi thereafter.^[5] Upon his diocese's split in 1971, he became bishop of one of the two new dioceses as Bishop of Southern Malawi.^[5] Also in that year, he became Archbishop of Central Africa,^[6], and held both posts until retiring from the episcopate in 1980. He then returned to England to become priest in charge of St Margaret’s, Uxbridge from 1981 to 1986. Bishop Donald continues to serve the Church as a voluntary assistant priest at St Alban’s, North Harrow.

Notes

1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
2. ^ NLA
3. ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
4. ^ The Times, Friday, Sep 08, 1961; pg. 14; Issue 55181; col D News in Brief
5. ^ ^{a b} Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi – History
6. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frank Oswald Thorne	Bishop of Nyasaland 1961–1964	Succeeded by Himself as Bishop of Malawi
Preceded by Himself as Bishop of Nyasaland	Bishop of Nyasaland 1964–1971	Diocese split
New diocese	Bishop of Southern Malawi 1971–1980	Succeeded by Dunstan Ainani
Preceded by Oliver Green-Wilkinson	Archbishop of Central Africa 1971–1980	Succeeded by Walter Khotso Makhulu

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Name	Arden, Donald Seymour
Alternative names	Bishop of Malawi; Archbishop of Central Africa
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Date of birth	12 April 1916
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