Arthur Luther

The Right Reverend Arthur William Luther was an Anglican Bishop in India from 1957 to 1973.
He was born on 21 March 1919,[1] educated at Nagpur University and ordained in 1974.[2] He was Chaplain to the Bishop of Nagpur then Headteacher of Bishop Cotton Boys' School before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Nasik in 1957.[3] Translated to Bombay in 1970, he retired three years later. He died on 25 January 2009.[4]

References

  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. The Times, Saturday, 17 Aug 1957; pg. 8; Issue 53922; col C Ecclesiastical News Three New Bishops In India
  4. Friends of the Church in India
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Henry Cecil Read
Bishop of Nasik
1957 1970
Succeeded by
Jonathan Vairagar
Preceded by
Christopher Robinson
Bishop of Bombay
1970 1973
Succeeded by
Dinesh Chandra Gorai


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