The Right Reverend Arthur Moulton | |
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Bishop of Utah | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
In office | 1920–1946 |
Predecessor | Paul Jones |
Successor | Stephen C. Clark |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1901 |
Consecration | April 29, 1920 by Daniel S. Tuttle |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | August 18, 1962 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | (aged 89)
Buried | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | John D. Moulton & Emma Jane Moulton |
Spouse | Mary C. Prentice |
Alma mater | Hobart College |
Arthur Wheelock Moulton (May 3, 1873 – August 18, 1962) was an American Episcopal bishop, born at Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Hobart College,[1] where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity,[2] then attended the Episcopal General Theological Seminary, and the Episcopal Theological School.[1] He was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1901. From 1900 to 1918, he was curate and rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts.[1] He was awarded an honorary A.M. degree by Hobart College in 1909[3] He served in World War I as a chaplain in the field artillery and at a base hospital in France. On April 29, 1920, he was consecrated bishop of Utah, where he served until his retirement in 1946.[1][4] He wrote Memoir of Augustine H. Amory (1909) and It Comes to Pass (1916). He died in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1962.[1][4][5]