- Diocese of Grafton
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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 / 30°S 153°ECoordinates: 30°S 153°E / 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
Anglican hierarchy in Australia Primate of AustraliaProvince of New South Wales Archbishop of Sydney • Newcastle • Canberra & Goulburn • Grafton • Bathurst • Riverina • Armidale
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