Horace Crotty (9 October 1886 – June 1952) was a noted liberal clergyman,[1] who served as Anglican Bishop of Bathurst from 1928 until 1936.
Crotty was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College in the same city.[2] Ordained in 1910 whilst Head teacher of All Saints' Grammar School, Melbourne he was Vicar of Ivanhoe, then Rector of St Thomas, North Sydney before a period as a wartime chaplain. When peace returned he was appointed Dean of Newcastle where he served until his elevation to the Colonial Episcopate. On the resignation of his see[3] he was appointed Vicar of St Pancras, London.[4] A noted freemason,[5] in 1943 he retired to Brighton where he died nine years later.[6]
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| Preceded by George Merrick Long |
Bishop of Bathurst 1928 –1936 |
Succeeded by Arnold Lomas Wylde |
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