Keith Arnold (bishop)
Bishop of Warwick (1926–2021)
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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.
DioceseDiocese of Coventry
Inoffice1980–1990
SuccessorClive Handford
OtherpostsHonorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1996–2021)
Honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (1991–1996)
Honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (1991–1996)
Keith Arnold | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Warwick | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Coventry |
| In office | 1980–1990 |
| Successor | Clive Handford |
| Other posts | Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1996–2021) Honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (1991–1996) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1952 (deacon); c. 1953 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1980 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1926 |
| Died | 17 January 2021 (aged 94) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Dr Frederick Holt and Alice Holt |
| Spouse | Deborah Glenwright (m. 1955) |
| Children | 2; 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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]
