Allen Ernest Winter was the long serving second Anglican Bishop

Bishop

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 of the former Diocese of St Arnaud

Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud

The Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud, Australia was an Anglican diocese in north-west Victoria from 1926 to 1976 when it was amalgamated into the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo..The first bishop was Melville Charles James, the next was Allen Ernest Winter and the last David Hubert Warner...

 in north-west Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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.

He was born on 8 December 1903, educated at Melbourne Grammar School

Melbourne Grammar School

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 and University College, Oxford

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 and ordained in 1928. He began his career as a Curate

Curate

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 at Christ Church, South Yarra then St James’, Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, Victoria

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. Afterr this he held incumbencies

Vicar

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 at Sunshine

Sunshine, Victoria

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, Brighton

Brighton, Victoria

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 and Essendon

Essendon, Victoria

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. From 1948 he was a Canon Residentiary

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 at All Saints’ Cathedral, Bathurst

Anglican Diocese of Bathurst

The Anglican Diocese of Bathurst is located in the Province of New South Wales. It includes the cities of Orange, Bathurst and Dubbo. Major towns in the diocese include Bourke, Cobar, Cowra, Forbes, Mudgee, Parkes and Wellington. The cathedral church of the diocese is All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst...

 until his elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 8 July 1997.