Diocese of Grafton | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E |
| 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.[1]
The bishop is based in Grafton.
- ^ North Coast Anglican, December 2017