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Diocese of Bathurst
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Australia
Ecclesiastical province	New South Wales
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Sydney
Coordinates	32°S 146°E / 32°S 146°E / -32; 146
Statistics
Parishes	32
Churches	<-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
Information
Denomination	Anglicanism
Established	1870
Cathedral	All Saints' Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop of Bathurst	Mark Calder
Dean	James Hodson
Website
www.bathurstanglican.org.au

The Anglican Diocese of Bathurst is located in the Province of New South Wales. It includes the cities of Orange, Bathurst and Dubbo. The Bishop is the Right Reverend Mark Calder, installed on 23 November 2019.

Ministry

The diocese has 28 parishes covering about a third of the state of New South Wales. As well as the cities of Orange, Dubbo and Bathurst, major towns in the diocese include Bourke, Cobar, Cowra, Forbes, Mudgee, Parkes and Wellington.

Cathedral

The cathedral church of the diocese is All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst in the heart of the city. The cathedral building was originally designed by Edmund Blacket in 1845 as a parish church, but became a cathedral in 1870 with the creation of the Diocese of Bathurst. An organ was installed in 1886 and bells were hung in 1855. In the 1890s, however, the bell tower was found to be unstable, so the bells could not be "rung full circle" but only by striking them.

Due to structural problems the original cathedral was demolished in 1969–70 and replaced in 1971 by a new building constructed in a 20th-century style. In 2009, the bells were rehung in a new bell tower attached to the new cathedral.

Senior clergy

Bishops of Bathurst

Assistant bishops

The following people have served as an assistant bishop in the diocese:

• Arnold Lomas Wylde, consecrated 1 November 1927 (served as bishop coadjutor until his enthronement as Bishop of Bathurst on 23 February 1937)
• Montague D'Arcy Collins, consecrated 11 June 1951 (served as bishop coadjutor until his death on 9 July 1959)
• Peter Thomas Danaher, consecrated 30 July 2005 (served until 15 July 2009)
• John Stead, consecrated 29 August 2009 (translated to Willochra in 2012)

Deans of Bathurst

The following individuals have served as Deans of the All Saints' Cathedral in Bathurst:

Parishes and Churches

Most of the 28 parishes in the Diocese each perform services at multiple locations. Sunday and weekday services are usually conducted weekly or in certain weeks of the month indicated below in parentheses. In addition to church buildings, many parishes conduct services in nursing homes, hospitals or community halls which are included below. Most parishes employ one priest to oversee ministry of the parish who can be assisted by lay staff, assistant clergy or honorary clergy.

Many of the smaller or rural parishes do not keep or frequently update websites, meaning that the services times and staff listed below may be outdated. The best way to find accurate service times in these locations is to contact or visit the parish directly. In 2020, many of these service times were interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many parishes, as well as the bishop himself, conducted services online.

See also

• Anglican Bishop of Bathurst

References

1. Bathurst Anglican – The Bishop of Bathurst (Accessed 26 June 2013)
2. "Our People". Anglican Church of Noosa. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
3. Whittall, Christopher (2002). "Wylde, Arnold Lomas (1880–1958)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
4. "Consecration in Sydney of Dubbo Canon". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Vol. 14, no. 191. 12 June 1951. p. 4.
5. "Service for Bishop Collins". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 July 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
6. Veness, Peter (6 June 2005). "Assistant bishop for Anglicans". Central Western Daily. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
7. Rowles, Lucy (14 June 2009). "Bishop moves on after 13 years of service". Daily Liberal. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
8. ^ "Statement of the Right Reverend Ian Palmer - Schedule A (part one)" (PDF). Child Abuse Royal Commission. Commonwealth of Australia. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
9. "Church Times: "Clerical Obituary", 25 April 1924, p 482". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
10. "DEAN HOLMES INSTALLED. BATHURST, Monday". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 7 June 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
11. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 49.
12. "Church Times: "New bishop in Australia", 3 March 1982, p 3". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
13. "Church Times: "New bishop in Australia", 18 September 1987, p 4". Retrieved 22 March 2021.

External links

• Diocese of Bathurst website

• Anglican Diocese of Bathurst
• Anglican dioceses in Australia
• 1870 establishments in Australia
• Anglican Church of Australia Ecclesiastical Province of New South Wales