Anglican Diocese of Grafton

Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia For the Catholic church in the area, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore.

Diocese of Grafton


Location
Ecclesiastical province	New South Wales
Coordinates	30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153
Statistics
Parishes	22
Churches	54
Schools	5
Information
Cathedral	Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton
Current leadership
Bishop	Murray Harvey
Website
graftondiocese.org

The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese is located in north-east New South Wales and covers the area from the Queensland border to Port Macquarie in the south and west to the Great Dividing Range.

Created in 1914 as a result of a division of the previous Diocese of Grafton and Armidale it has 22 parishes and 3 transitional ministry districts and an Anglicare organisation seeking to support community and social needs within the diocese. The cathedral church is the Cathedral Church of Christ the King in Grafton.

The Church of St Thomas at Port Macquarie was built by an early Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane. It is the fifth oldest church building in Australia.

The current Bishop of Grafton, Murray Harvey, is the 12th bishop of the diocese. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton, on 29 September 2018.

Sarah Macneil the 11th Bishop of Grafton become the first woman to lead an Australian diocese as bishop. Macneil announced her resignation on 17 November 2017, to be effective from 3 March 2018.

The bishop is based in Grafton.

Bishops

This section is an excerpt from Anglican Bishop of Grafton.

Bishops of Grafton
No	From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1	1914	1921	Cecil Druitt	Previously Coadjutor Bishop of Grafton and Armidale; died in office.
2	1921	1938	John Ashton
3	1938	1945	William Stevenson	Previously Archdeacon of Brisbane; died in office.
4	1946	1955	Christopher Storrs	Previously Archdeacon of Northam.
5	1956	1961	Kenneth Clements	Previously bishop coadjutor in the Diocese of Goulburn; translated to Canberra and Goulburn.
6	1961	1973	Gordon Arthur	Previously an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
7	1973	1985	Donald Shearman	Previously Bishop of Rockhampton; later resigned his holy orders and was defrocked.
8	1985	1998	Bruce Schultz	Previously Dean of Grafton.
9	1998	2003	Philip Huggins	Previously an Assistant Bishop of Perth; later an Assistant Bishop of Melbourne.
10	2003	2013	Keith Slater
11	2014	2018	Sarah Macneil	Previously an archdeacon in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and Dean of Adelaide.
12	2018	present	Murray Harvey	Consecrated and installed 29 September 2018.
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Cathedral

The cathedral church is Christ Church Cathedral in Grafton which was designed by John Horbury Hunt and commenced in 1884 during the episcopacy of Bishop James Turner and completed to its present stage in 1937. The building is of brick construction in a Gothic Revival style with towering arches and ornate stained glass windows. An organ was installed in 1884 by George Fincham of Melbourne which was replaced in 1992 by a 1903 instrument brought from London by Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd of Sydney.

The cathedral is a National Trust listed building.

Deans of Grafton

The following individuals have served as Deans of Grafton:

Ordinal	Name	Term start	Term end	Notes
1	Arthur Edward Warr	1949	1965
2	Roderick William Bowie	1966	1968
3	Henry St John Edwards	1969	1978
4	Bruce Allan Schultz	1979	1983	Afterwards Bishop of Grafton, 1985
5	Richard Warwick Hurford	1983	1997	Later Bishop of Bathurst, 2001
6	Peter Charles Catt	1997	2007	Afterwards Dean of Brisbane, 2008
7	Donald Kingsley Kirk	2007	2017	Later Bishop of Riverina, 2019
8	Gregory Charles Jenks	2017	2022
9	Naomi Cooke	2023	Current	Installed 12 August 2023

Church schools

The diocese also has a number of church-based schools providing education across a range of age groups.

Founded	School	Enrollment	Years	Location
1981	Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School	1100	P-12	Tweed Heads
1993	Bishop Druitt College	1192	K-12	Coffs Harbour
1998	Emmanuel Anglican College	388	P-12	Ballina
1998	Clarence Valley Anglican School	297	P-12	Grafton
2002	St Columba Anglican School	680	P-12	Port Macquarie

References

North Coast Anglican, December 2017
Diocese of Grafton – Bishop's statement (Accessed 26 June 2013)
"History". Anglican Diocese of Grafton. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
"Livestream".
"Grafton Cathedral".
Visit NSW website.

External links

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Anglican hierarchy in Australia

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Province of New South Wales

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina
Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Region, Wollongong, Southern Region, Northern Region, South Western Region) Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Newcastle (Coastal, Inland)

Province of Victoria

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta
Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Marmingatha, Monomeeth, Oodthenong, Jumbunna)

Province of Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory
Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Province of Western Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia
Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Province of South Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania
Assistant bishops	Tasmania National Aboriginal Bishop National Torres Strait Islander Bishop Bishop to the Australian Defence Force

Anglican Church of Australia

A list of all the Anglican dioceses, churches and cathedrals in Australia

Province of New South Wales

Dioceses	Sydney Churches Armidale Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina
Cathedrals	Sydney (St Andrew) Armidale (St Peter) Bathurst (All Saints) Goulburn (St Savior) Grafton (Christ Church) Griffith (St Albans) Newcastle (Christ Church) Parramatta (St John) Wollongong (St Michael)
Churches	All Saints', Petersham All Saints Church, Canberra All Souls', Leichhardt St Andrew's, Roseville St Barnabas, Broadway Christ Church, Rouse Hill Christ Church, Springwood Christ Church, St Laurence Church by the Bridge St Clement's, Mosman Garrison Church Holy Innocents, Rossmore Holy Trinity, Kelso St James', Sydney St James', Morpeth St John the Baptist, Ashfield St John the Evangelist, Darlinghurst St John the Evangelist, Newcastle St John the Evangelist, Wentworth St John the Baptist, Reid St John's, Camden St John's, Wilberforce St Jude's, Randwick St Luke's, Liverpool St Mark's, Darling Point St Mary's the Virgin, Maitland St Mary's, Waverley St Matthew's, Windsor St Michael's, Surry Hills Narellan Naremburn Cammeray St Paul's, Burwood St Paul's, Castle Hill St Peter's, St Peters St Peter's, Richmond St Philip's, Kingswood St Philip's, Sydney St Stephen's, Newtown St Thomas', Mulgoa St Thomas', North Sydney

Province of Victoria

Dioceses	Melbourne Churches Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta
Cathedrals	Melbourne (St Paul) Bendigo (St Paul) Sale (St Paul)
Churches	Christ Church, Geelong Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh St Peter's, Eastern Hill

Province of Queensland

Dioceses	Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory
Cathedrals	Brisbane (St John) Townsville (St James) Rockhampton (St Paul)
Churches	All Saints, Brisbane All Saints, Darnley Island All Saints, Tamrookum All Saints, Yandilla Christ Church, St Lawrence Christ Church, Childers Christ Church, Milton Christ Church, Tingalpa Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley Holy Trinity, Herberton Holy Trinity, Mackay Holy Trinity, Saibai Island Holy Trinity, Woolloongabba Old Bishopsbourne Chapel Old St Mark's, Slacks Creek Shepherd Memorial Church of St Peter, Proston St Agnes, Esk St Andrew's, Ormiston St Andrew's, South Brisbane St Andrew's, Toogoolawah St Anne's, Jondaryan St Augustine's, Leyburn St David's, Allora St David's, Mossman St Denys St George's, Beenleigh St James, Toowoomba St John the Baptist, Bulimba St John the Baptist, Richmond St John's, Dalby St John's, South Townsville St John's, Mundoolun St John's, Rockhampton St Luke's, Boyne Island St Luke's, Toowoomba St Mark's, Rockhampton St Mark's, Dunwich St Mark's, Warwick St Mary's, Kangaroo Point St Mary's, Mount Morgan St Matthew's, Drayton St Michael and All Angels, Kingaroy St Paul's, Cleveland St Paul's, East Brisbane St Paul's, Ipswich St Paul's, Maryborough St Paul's, Proserpine St Saviour's, South Johnstone St Thomas', Toowong

Province of Western Australia

Dioceses	Perth Bunbury North West Australia
Cathedrals	Perth (St George) Bunbury (St Boniface) Geraldton (Holy Cross)
Churches	All Saints Church, Henley Brook Holy Trinity Church, Roebourne St John's Church, Albany St Mary's Church, Busselton

Province of South Australia

Dioceses	Adelaide The Murray Willochra
Cathedrals	Adelaide (St Peter) Murray Bridge (St John the Baptist)
Churches	Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide St Matthew's Church, Kensington Christ Church, North Adelaide

Extra-provincial

Dioceses	Tasmania
Cathedrals	Hobart (St David)

Defunct

Dioceses	Carpentaria Kalgoorlie St Arnaud Papua New Guinea
Churches	Broadway Carlingford Deniliquin Prospect Seven Hills Walcha Wallerawang (now Presbyterian) Yarramalong

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