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The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the twenty six dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania ....
. It is located in north east New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
 and covers the area from the Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 border to Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie, New South Wales

Port Macquarie is a large town on the mid-North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, located about 390 km north of Sydney, and 570 km south of Brisbane....
 in the south and west to the Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range

The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the 4th longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km from Dauan_Island,_Queensland off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales, then into Victoria...
.

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, Lachlan Macquarie
Lachlan Macquarie

Major-General Lachlan Macquarie Order of the Bath , was a British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of that colony....
, and is the fifth oldest church building in Australia.

The Bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
 is the Right Reverend Keith F Slater, previously Archdeacon
Archdeacon

A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop....
 of Lilley in Brisbane and the Registrar is the Honourable and Reverend Pat Comben.






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The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the twenty six dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania ....
. It is located in north east New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
 and covers the area from the Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 border to Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie, New South Wales

Port Macquarie is a large town on the mid-North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, located about 390 km north of Sydney, and 570 km south of Brisbane....
 in the south and west to the Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range

The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the 4th longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km from Dauan_Island,_Queensland off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales, then into Victoria...
.

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, Lachlan Macquarie
Lachlan Macquarie

Major-General Lachlan Macquarie Order of the Bath , was a British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of that colony....
, and is the fifth oldest church building in Australia.

The Bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
 is the Right Reverend Keith F Slater, previously Archdeacon
Archdeacon

A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop....
 of Lilley in Brisbane and the Registrar is the Honourable and Reverend Pat Comben. The Bishop is based in Grafton, New South Wales
Grafton, New South Wales

Grafton is the commercial hub of the Clarence River Valleywhich has a population approaching 20,000. Established in 1855, Grafton features many historic buildings and tree-lined streets....
, and the Cathedral Church is Christ Church in Grafton, designed by John Horbury Hunt
John Horbury Hunt

John Horbury Hunt was a Canada-born architect who worked in Sydney, Australia and rural New South Wales from 1863....
 and commenced in 1884, completed to its present stage in 1937.

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