Diocese of Brisbane - Felix Raymond Arnott

Felix Raymond Arnott

6th Archbishop of Brisbane (1970 - 1980)
Scholar

1971	Closure of St Martin's Hospital
1973	Bishop Hudson retired - Ralph Edwin Wicks ordained Bishop
1974	Mr Roland St John retired after 27 years of diocesan work, much as Registrar - Mr Norman Reid appointed Registrar
	Australia Day floods in South-east Queensland
1975	Put in motion change in nomenclature to The Anglican Church of Australia
1977	Province of Papua New Guinea inaugurated
1977-1978	An Australian Prayer Book introduced
1980	Retired
Arnott presided at a time of experiment within the Church of different forms of liturgy. He was a member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission and was an ardent mover for reunion with Rome. Arnott was pro-ordination of women and deeply concerned with perceived erosion of civil liberties.