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Keith Arnold

Bishop of Warwick
DioceseDiocese of Coventry
In office1980–1990
SuccessorClive Handford
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1996–2021)
Honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (1991–1996)
Orders
Ordination1952 (deacon); c. 1953 (priest)
Consecration1980
Personal details
Born(1926-10-01)1 October 1926
Died17 January 2021(2021-01-17) (aged 94)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsDr Frederick Holt and Alice Holt
SpouseDeborah Glenwright (m. 1955)
Children2; 1 son, 1 daughter
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Keith Appleby Arnold (1 October 1926 – 17 January 2021) was an English Anglican clergyman who served as the inaugural Bishop of Warwick from 1980 to 1990.

He was educated at Winchester College[1] and Trinity College, Cambridge. After World War II service in the Coldstream Guards he was ordained in 1952 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Haltwhistle. From here he was successively Rector of St John's, Edinburgh,[2] Kirkby Lonsdale and Vicar of Hemel Hempstead before he ascended to the episcopate.

Arnold died in January 2021 at the age of 94.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ “Scottish episcopal clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie,DM: Edinburgh T & T Clark, 2000 ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  3. ^ St. Mary's Weekly Newsletter
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Warwick
1980–1990
Succeeded by