Richard Warwick Hurford OAM (born 1944) was the ninth

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, the ordinary of the Diocese of Bathurst in the

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. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was ordained by the Bishop of Grafton in 1969. He served for a short time as a curate at Grafton Cathedral and then went to England to study at

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and

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on a diocesan scholarship. On finishing his course he was appointed rector of

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in the

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. In 1978 he returned to Australia to be rector of Coffs Harbour in Grafton diocese, after which he served as Dean of Grafton from 1983 to 1997. He was latterly Rector of St James, King Street, Sydney, before being consecrated as Bishop of Bathurst on 24 March 2001. He retired effective 10 November 2012,https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/STAT.1308.001.0015.pdf having reached the compulsory retirement age of 68.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurford, Richard Warwick 1944 births Clergy from Sydney Anglican Church of Australia deans Anglican bishops of Bathurst Deans of Grafton 21st-century Anglican bishops in Australia Living people Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Alumni of the University of Southampton