Alistair Arthur Malcolm (1934 – 29 July 2022) was the first Aboriginal bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia, licensed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of North Queensland.
[1] Born in Yarrabah, Queensland, and ordained a priest in 1978, Malcolm was consecrated on 12 October 1985 at Townsville[2] and served as bishop to the Indigenous peoples of northern Queensland until his retirement in 2000.
[3] Malcolm and his wife Colleen wrote the Prayer for Reconciliation in A Prayer Book for Australia (1995).
[4] Malcolm died on 29 July 2022 in Edmonton, Cairns, at the age of 87.
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