Arnold Meredith Lewis (October 11, 1904 – May 2, 1994) was a bishop in The Episcopal Church, serving Western Kansas from 1956 to 1964 and the United States armed forces from 1964 to 1971.
[1] Lewis was ordained deacon in May 1936 and priest in December 1936 by Bishop Ernest M. Stires of Long Island.
After ordination he served as priest-in-charge of St Mark's Church in Westhampton Beach, New York between 1936 and 1940.
[2][3] On September 13, 1955, Lewis was elected Missionary Bishop of Salina during the 58th general convention which took place in Honolulu.
He resigned his bishopric in 1964 in favor of his election as the first Suffragan Bishop of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries.