Arnold Harris Mathew
| Arnold Harris Mathew | |
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Mathew's episcopal consecration
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| Successor | Rudolph de Landas Berghes, Bernard Mary Williams |
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| Ordination | 24 June 1877 |
| Consecration | 28 April 1908 by Gerardus Gul |
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| Birth name | Arnold Harris Ochterlony Matthews |
| Born |
7 August 1852 Montpellier, Hérault, France |
| Died | 19 December 1919 (aged 67) South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England |
| Buried | South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Old Roman Catholic, Anglican and Roman Catholic |
| Spouse | Margaret Florence Duncan (1892–?, separated 1910) |
| Children | daughter (born 1895) son (born 1900) daughter (born 1907) |
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| Ordination history of | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 24 June 1877 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Gerardus Gul |
| Date of consecration | 28 April 1908 |
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Bishops consecrated by as principal consecrator
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| Ralph Whitman | 8 June 1910 |
| Herbert Ignatius Beale | 13 June 1910 |
| Arthur William Howarth | 13 June 1910 |
| Francis Herbert Bacon | 7 January 1911 |
| Cuthbert Francis Hinton | 7 January 1911 |
| Frederick Clement Christie Egerton | 7 January 1911 |
| William Edmond Scott-Hall | 7 January 1911 |
| Victor Alexander de Kubinyi | 15 June 1913 |
| Rudolph de Landas Berghes | 29 June 1913 |
| James Arron Bell | 7 October 1914 |
| Frederick Samuel Willoughby | 28 October 1914 |
| Bernard Mary Williams | 14 April 1916 |
| James Columba McFall | 2 July 1916 |
Arnold Harris Mathew, self-styled de jure 4th Earl Landaff of Thomastown (7 August 1852 – 19 December 1919), was the founder and first bishop of the Old Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and a noted author on ecclesiastical subjects.
Mathew had been both a Roman Catholic and an Anglican before becoming a bishop in the Union of Utrecht (UU). His early life is the subject of some interest from researchers as a result of his aristocratic connections and his father's connection with colonial India.
Mathew was a relative of Theobald Mathew the noted "Apostle of Temperance". Born in France in 1852 and baptised in the Roman Catholic Church (RCC); due to his mother's scruples he was rebaptised in the Church of England (CoE). He studied for the ministry in the Scottish Episcopal Church, but sought reconciliation and confirmation in the Church of Rome.
As a Roman Catholic, Mathew was ordained a priest in 1877 in St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland, by Archbishop Charles Eyre, apostolic administrator of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Western District. Mathew received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Pope Pius IX. He became a Dominican in 1878 but only persevered a year, moving around a number of dioceses: Newcastle, Plymouth, Nottingham and Clifton. He had met Hyacinthe Loyson in France, while Mathew was, c. 1888 – c. 1889, a missionary-rector in Bath where he apostatized in 1889 and sent an announcement to his congregation that having ceased to believe in the fundamental doctrines of the Christianity he could no longer act as a priest. He lost faith in the inspiration of Scripture and in the divinity of Christ. After leaving Bath, he went to Paris to consult with people there. Later in 1891 he was persuaded to "trial" the Anglican ministry and went to assist the rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London. He was never officially received into the Church of England, neither did he formally leave the Roman Catholic Church.
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