The current bishop of Bathurst in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Richard Hurford. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Location of Bathurst in New South Wales (red) Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia (renamed in 1981). ...
Bishop Hurford was formerly rector of St James Church, Queens Square, and formerly dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Grafton. Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Grafton is reachable by road from Sydney and Brisbane on the Pacific Highway (Highway 1) Grafton, (population 17,110), is a small cathedral city on the northern east coast of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Bathurst (population in 1901, 9,223) was founded in 1824.
In 1865 Bathurst, then part of the Diocese of Sydney, was made the cathedral centre of a new diocese, which extended from the River Murray to Queensland, and from the Blue Mountains to the border of South Australia.
Its first bishop was the Right Rev. Matthew Quinn, who had taken an active part in organizing the Irish Brigade that fought for the defence of the Papal States in 1860.
Bathurst was a man of eminence, President of Trinity College Oxford, chaplain to the king, fellow of the Royal Society and one of the foremost scientists of his day.
The saintly bishop Thomas Ken was appointed in 1685, the year of Monmouth's rebellion when puritan soldiers again wrought havoc in the cathedral and turned part of it into a stable.
Bishop Kidder who succeeded him was killed during the great storm of 1703 when two chimneystacks in the palace fell on the bishop and his wife asleep in bed.
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