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Diocese of Bathurst

Bishop of Bathurst
Most Rev Michael Joseph McKenna
PO Box 246
Bathurst NSW 2795
Catholic Chancery Office
118 Keppel St
Bathurst NSW 2795
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Vicar General    
Very Rev Paul Devitt VG

Vicar General

PO Box 9
Bathurst NSW 2795
Ph: (02) 6331 3066
Chancellor    
Mrs Fiona Lewis

Chancellor

PO Box 246
Bathurst NSW 2795
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Episcopal Vicar    
Very Rev Paul Devitt VG

Vicar for Catholic Education

Very Rev Gregory Kennedy EV

Vicar for Clergy

Diocesan Office    
Diocesan Chancery Office

PO Box 246
Bathurst NSW 2795
118 Keppel St
Bathurst NSW 2795
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Very Rev Paul Devitt VG

Vicar General

Mrs Fiona Lewis

Chancellor

Mr Patrick Cooper

Financial Administrator

Mrs Fiona Lewis

Diocesan Secretary

Rev Deacon Joshua Clayton

Mission and Renewal Director

Boundaries

Comprising territory in New South Wales immediately west of the Dividing Range. The eastern boundary, except from Mt. Coricudgy by the Great Dividing Range southerly to Mt. Boonbourwa by a range generally south-easterly and then south-westerly, by a line west to the junction of Coorongooba and Running Stream Creeks, by Running Stream Creek downwards to Capertee River, by a line south and a line west to Mt. Canobla by a range generally south-westerly to the Great Dividing Range at Mt. McLean. The southern boundary is the Abercrombie and Lachlan Rivers (including West Cowra). The western boundary is the Eurow-Nyrang Mountains, the Harvey Range, a line from the junction of the Brummagen Creek and the Macquarie River to a point on the Macquarie River 16 km north of Warren, thence in a northerly straight line to a point on the Barwon River,16 km west of Walgett. The northern boundary is a south-easterly line from this point on the Barwon River to the parish of Gunnedah. Area: 103,600 sq km.