Arthur Henry Attwell was Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1983 to 1988.
13 Facts About Arthur Attwell
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Arthur Attwell served as Dean of Kimberley, South Africa, from 1953 to 1959 and afterwards as Rector of Workington, Cumberland.
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Arthur Attwell was further educated at Leeds University, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941, before training for the ministry at the College of the Resurrection.
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Arthur Attwell later gained the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Master of Arts, all from the University of London; and married Muriel Isobel Hesson in 1982.
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Arthur Attwell was ordained a deacon at Michaelmas 1943 and a priest the following Michaelmas, both times by Kenneth Kirk, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church.
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Arthur Attwell served his title at St George's, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire and a second curacy at Wigan, Lancashire.
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Arthur Attwell moved in 1972 to become a canon residentiary of the cathedral until 1978, when he became, simultaneously: Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness; Vicar of St John's, Windermere, Westmorland; the first Director of the diocesan training institute; and an honorary canon of the cathedral again.
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Arthur Attwell was appointed to the episcopacy in 1983 when he was appointed as Bishop of Sodor and Man.
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Arthur Attwell was consecrated a bishop by John Habgood, Bishop of Durham, at York Minster on 14 September 1983.
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Arthur Attwell was interested in and contributed to debates concerning culture, including the Manx Museum and archaeological matters.
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Arthur Attwell was concerned with overseas development, making inputs to discussion on the Resolution to approve Public Lottery Regulations 1984.
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At his departure in 1988, Arthur Attwell admitted that he had not found learning Manx an easy task.
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Arthur Attwell retired to Silverdale, Lancashire in July 1988, and was licensed as an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn; he retained that license, and lived in Silverdale, until his death in 1991.