Arthur Greaves

{{Short description|Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century}}

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| title = Bishop of Grimsby

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| diocese = Diocese of Lincoln

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| term = 1937–1958 (ret.)

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| predecessor = Ernest Blackie

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| successor = Kenneth Healey

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| ordination = 1897 (deacon); 1898 (priest)

| ordained_by = Edward Carr Glyn (Peterborough)

| consecration = 1935

| consecrated_by = Cosmo Lang (Canterbury)

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| alma_mater = Keble College, Oxford

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Arthur Ivan Greaves (11 January 1873{{snd}}29 November 1959) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.

He was born on 11 January 1873 and educated at Hurstpierpoint College and Keble College, Oxford.{{Who's Who | id= 237906 | title=Greaves, Arthur Ivan }} After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained:Ordinations. Canterbury The Times Wednesday, 22 December 1897; p. 3; Issue 35393; col C made deacon at Advent 1897 (19 December){{Church Times | title = The Advent Ordinations | archive = 1897_12_23_751 | issue = 1822 | date = 23 December 1897 | page = 751 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} and ordained priest the follow Advent (18 December 1898) – both times by Edward Carr Glyn, Bishop of Peterborough, at Peterborough Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = The Advent Ordinations | archive = 1898_12_23_763 | issue = 1874 | date = 23 December 1898 | page = 763 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }}

His first post was as a curate in Kettering"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 after which became Vicar of St Mary's, Northampton before further incumbencies at Leicester and Finedon.During this time he also served as a chaplain to the Forces during World War I > Who was Who (Ibid) During the Great War, he served as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces for 15 months from June, 1917. He had been described at his interview with the Chaplain-General as 'Bright, sane, moderate, A1' and was posted to France. In September, 1918, an 'Excellent Report from BEF about his work and qualifications' was noted.Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy He spent a year at Etaples in charge of the Military Church and 'His ability as a leader of men, his marked power as an organiser .... ‘ were praised.TNA WO374/28846 Although far from the front lines, Greaves could remember sheltering from German air-raids, including a 'narrow shave while waiting in a railway station, and a series of temporary sleeping quarters including a tent and a deserted bathing-machine.Information held at Lincolnshire County Archives In September, 1918, he returned to Finedon.

He became Archdeacon of OakhamNew Archdeacon of Oakham The Times Monday, 24 December 1923; p. 7; Issue 43532; col G in 1924, and served until 1934 – during which time he was also a canon residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral from 1926. He first moved to the Diocese of Lincoln as Canon Residentiary of Lincoln Cathedral in 1934 (which post he retained until 1959) and Sub-Dean. He served in that diocese for the rest of his life: he was appointed suffragan bishop as Bishop of Grantham and took up his see with his consecration as a bishop on the Feast of St Luke (18 October) 1935, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = St Paul's Cathedral. Consecration of Four Bishops. | archive = 1935_10_25_450 | issue = 3796 | date = 25 October 1935 | page = 450 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} In 1937, he was translated to the diocese's other suffragan See, Grimsby;Ecclesiastical News- Changes in Suffragan Bishoprics The Times Saturday, 6 November 1937; p. 8; Issue 47835; col F at the same time, he was appointed (as the previous bishop of Grimsby had been) Precentor of the Cathedral and Archdeacon of Stow. He was installed in those roles on 16 December 1937;{{Church Times | title = Installations in the Cathedral | archive = 1937_12_23_726 | issue = 3909 | date = 23 December 1937 | page = 726 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} he resigned as Archdeacon in 1951, and Precentor in 1959. He retired in 1958,Resignation of the Bishop of Grimsby The Times Tuesday, 13 May 1958; p. 12; Issue 54149; col D retaining his Canonry and Precentorship until the following year, and becoming an Assistant Bishop of Lincoln until death. A keen musician,[https://archive.today/20130505105952/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/nostalgia/Death-loved-bishop-man-music/article-497186-detail/article.html This is Lincolnshire] he died a year after his retirement, on 29 November 1959.Obituary Dr. A. I. Greaves former Bishop of Grimsby The Times Monday, 30 November 1959; p. 19; Issue 54631; col A His papers are housed within The National Archives.[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectList.asp?subjectType=R&LR=57&_AbsolutePage=12 Catalogue details]