Anglican Diocese of Grafton, New South Wales

Anglican Diocese of Grafton, New South Wales

• Formerly Anglican Church Diocese of Grafton

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The Anglican Church has been present since 1824 in what is now the Diocese of Grafton, which covers the northern rivers region of New South Wales. In that year the first Chaplain, the Reverend Thomas Hassall, was appointed to the Penal Station at Port Macquarie.

By 1842 William Grant Broughton was Bishop of Australia and in that year he sent the first Anglican minister to Grafton.

From 1847 William Tyrell, as Bishop of Newcastle, led the Anglican Church from the Hawkesbury to Mackay, continually riding over this vast area on horseback.

In 1869, Tyrell as Bishop of Newcastle formally ceded the northern part of his diocese to be the new diocese. Turner was installed as Bishop of the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale in September 1869, remaining till 1892.

For further information about the history of the diocese, see https://www.graftondiocese.org.au/about/background-history/

The Diocese of Grafton is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The Diocese of Grafton covers a diverse region of outstanding beauty on the north coast of New South Wales with 28 parishes conducting local ministry from Tweed Heads in the north to Port Macquarie in the south and with the Cathedral city of Grafton at its centre. Other major population centres of our diocese are Lismore, Ballina, Coffs Harbour and Kempsey.

Officer-in-charge: Diocesan Archivist

The Anglican Diocese of Grafton Records Centre holds records of the Diocese of Grafton and Anglican parishes on the north coast between Port Macquarie and Tweed Heads.

Quantity: 100 m + 60 reels of microfilm, audio-cassettes, video-cassettes

Access by appointment only. Contact the Diocesan Archivist directly.

Requests for certified details of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials should be mailed to Archivist.

The Records Centre is on ground floor accessible to wheelchairs.

Revised 5 June 2018

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