Bishop of Grafton and Armidale

The former Diocese of Grafton and Armidale was created out of the Diocese of Newcastle by Letters Patent in 1863.[1] In all it had four bishops before being split in two in 1914.

List of the Bishops of Grafton and Armidale

No. Incumbent From Until Notes
1 William Collinson Sawyer[2] 1867 1868 Died by drowning
2 James Francis Turner[3] 1869 1894
3 Arthur Vincent Green[4] 1894 1900 Translated to Ballarat
4 Henry Edward Cooper[5] 1901 1914 thereafter Bishop of Armidale until 1916

References

  1. ↑ 1877 legislation
  2. ↑ Appointed First Bishop
  3. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography
  4. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. ↑ Lays foundation stone for the Armidale School