Arnold Lomas Wylde (31 March 1880-6 June 1958) was an English-born Anglican bishop in Australia where he served as the Bishop of Bathurst.
Wylde was educated in England at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield and University College, Oxford he was ordained in 1907. His first post was as curate at St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green after which he was Vicar of the parish until 1921. Emigrating to Australia, he was appointed to the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, a period he considered the happiest of his ministry. From 1923 until 1928 he was principal of the order. Appointed a coadjutor bishop of Bathurst in 1927 he was appointed the diocesan bishop a decade later. In 1942 a parish within his diocese brought an action against him for introducing The Red Book a perceived heretical text into the diocese's liturgy. He was awarded a CBE in 1957, the year before his death.
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| Preceded by Horace Crotty |
Bishop of Bathurst 1937 –1958 |
Succeeded by Ernest Kenneth Leslie |
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