The Right Reverend Jack Dain | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Arthur John Dain 13 October 1912 Wolverhampton, England |
Died | 3 March 2003 | (aged 90)
Nationality | British-Australian |
Spouse |
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Children | 4 daughters |
Occupation | Anglican bishop |
Arthur John Dain OBE (called Jack; 13 October 1912 – 3 March 2003)[1] was a prominent people-Australian Evangelical Anglican bishop who served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.
Early life and education[]
Dain was born in Wolverhampton,[2] son of Herbert John and Elizabeth, and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School,[1] after which he was in the British Merchant Navy.
Missionary and military[]
He trained at the Missionary Training College,[specify]
London and became a missionary in Bihar Province,[2] India (1935–1940)[1] until World War II. During the war, he was a Gurkha until he was seconded to the Royal Indian Navy[2] (1941–1947).[1] He was the General Secretary of the Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship[3] until 1959, when he was ordained after studies at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.[3]
Ordained ministry[]
Dain was made a deacon at Michaelmas 20 September 1959, by Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral "for the colonies"[4] (i.e. not intended to serve a usual curacy/title in Essex), and ordained priest the same year.[3] Shortly after ordination, he emigrated to Australia to serve as federal secretary of the Church Mission Society there; he was also made an honorary canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney in 1963.[1] He was consecrated a bishop on 20 April 1965, and served as Bishop-Coadjutor of Sydney[5] (or an assistant bishop). From 1980 until his retirement in 1982, he was senior assistant bishop and chief executive officer of the Diocese of Sydney.[1]
Evangelism movement[]
Dain was a prominent leader of the Evangelism movement, and closely associated with Billy Graham throughout his ministry.[2] For instance, he served as Overseas Secretary of the British Evangelical Alliance (1950–1959)[1] and chaired several international Evangelism conferences. He was chair of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Australia.[2][6]
Personal life and retirement[]
Dain married twice: in 1938 to Edith Jane Stewart (who died 1985),[6] with whom he had four daughters; and in 1986 to Hester Quirk. He was a published author – of Mission Fields To-day in 1956 and of Missionary Candidates in 1959 – and he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1979. He retired to Lindfield, West Sussex[1] (United Kingdom) and served the Diocese of Chichester as an honorary assistant bishop from 1987 until his death.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 ,. Who's Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U12720.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Meet the assistant bishops" in Southern Cross, September 1981. pp. 28–29
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Arthur John Dain". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. https://www.crockford.org.uk/clergydetail?clergyid=19545. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ↑ "Michaelmas ordaintions". 25 September 1959. p. 19. ISSN 0009-658X. https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/view/pagview/ChTm_1959_09_25_019.
- ↑ "New Federal Secretary for Australian CMS". 23 April 1965. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/view/pagview/ChTm_1965_04_23_013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Billy Graham Center (Archived)
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