Anglican Diocese of Grafton

Diocese of Grafton
Location
Ecclesiastical province New South Wales
Coordinates 30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153Coordinates: 30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153
Statistics
Parishes 28
Churches 93
Schools 5
Information
Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ the King, commonly referred to as Christ Church Cathedral. https://www.graftoncathedral.org.au/
Current leadership
Bishop Bishop of Grafton Rt Rev Dr Sarah Macneil
Website
graftondiocese.org.au

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 28 parishes, an active environment commission and an Anglicare organisation seeking to support community and social needs within the diocese. The diocesan 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 is Sarah Macneil who has 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.[1]

The Bishop is based in Grafton.

Bishops

Bishops of Grafton
From Until Incumbent Notes
1914 1921 Cecil Druitt
1921 1938 John William Ashton
1938 1945 William Henry Webster Stevenson
1946 1955 Christopher Storrs
1956 1961 Kenneth John Clements Translated to Canberra and Goulburn
1961 1973 Gordon Arthur
1973 1985 Donald Shearman Previously Bishop of Rockhampton
1985 1998 Bruce Allen Schultz Previously Dean of Grafton
1998 2003 Philip Huggins
2003 2013 Keith Slater [2]
2014 present Sarah Macneil

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 Turner and completed to its present stage in 1937.[3] 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.[4]

The cathedral is a National Trust listed building.[5]

Deans of Grafton

The following individuals have served as Deans of Grafton:

OrdinalNameTerm startTerm endNotes
1Arthur Edward Warr19491965
2Roderick William Bowie19661968
3Henry St John Edwards19691978
4Bruce Allan Schultz19791983Afterwards Bishop of Grafton, 1985
5Richard Warwick Hurford19831997Later Bishop of Bathurst, 2001
6Peter Charles Catt19972007Afterwards Dean of Brisbane, 2008
7Donald Kingsley Kirk20072017
8Gregory Charles Jenks2017current

Church schools

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

FoundedSchoolEnrollmentYearsLocation
1981Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School1100P-12Tweed Heads
1993Bishop Druitt College1192K-12Coffs Harbour
1998Emmanuel Anglican College388P-12Ballina
1998Clarence Valley Anglican School297P-12Grafton
2002St Columba Anglican School680P-12Port Macquarie

References

  1. ↑ North Coast Anglican, December 2017; https://www.graftondiocese.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NCA-December-2017.pdf
  2. ↑ Diocese of Grafton – Bishop's statement (Accessed 26 June 2013)
  3. ↑ http://www.graftoncathedral.org.au/#!history/cp3i
  4. ↑ http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/GraftonCathedral.html
  5. ↑ http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/clarence-coast/grafton/attractions/christ-church-cathedral
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