Anglican Diocese of Grafton

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The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the twenty six 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, Macquarie, and is the fifth oldest church building in Australia.

The Bishop is the Right Reverend Keith F Slater, previously Archdeacon of Lilley in Brisbane and the Registrar is the Honourable and Reverend Pat Comben. 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.