Diocese of Grafton

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
Statistics
Parishes	26
Churches	93
Schools	5
Information
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of Christ the King
Current leadership
Bishop	Bishop of Grafton
Website
graftondiocese.org.au

The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the twenty-three dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. It 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 twenty-six Parishes, an active Environment Commission and Anglicare organisation seeking to support community and social needs with the Diocese.

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

The Bishop is the Right Reverend Keith Francis Slater, previously Archdeacon of Lilley in Brisbane and the Registrar is Anthony Newby. The Bishop is based in Grafton, New South Wales, and the Cathedral Church is Christ Church in Grafton, designed by John Horbury Hunt and commenced in 1884, completed to its present stage in 1937.

The Diocese 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

External links

• Diocese of Grafton