ALL SAINTS CATHEDRAL
BATHURST, NSW ANGLICAN
PAUL SCOTT
All Saints Cathedral is in three distinct parts. There is the old Church at right with the hall on one side and the Warriors Chapel on the other. This is linked to the newer hexagonal nave, which is in turn linked to the smaller bell tower.
In this tour, we walk right around the outside of the Cathedral, enter via the bell tower and move to the Warriors Chapel. From there we move to the Chapter House, and then to the nave.
We take liturgical North as indicated: this is fairly close to the actual geographical north.
A brief history of the Cathedral is given below. However, if you want to begin your tour of the Cathedral immediately, tap / click on START . You can also access intermediate points in the tour by a tap / click on the following links:
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HISTORY
[Wikipedia]
The Anglican Diocese of Bathurst is located in the Province of New South Wales. It includes the cities of Orange, Bathurst and Dubbo. The Bishop is the Right Reverend Mark Calder, installed on 23 November 2019.
Ministry
The diocese has 32 parishes covering about a third of the state of New South Wales. As well as the cities of Orange, Dubbo and Bathurst, major towns in the diocese include Bourke, Cobar, Cowra, Forbes, Mudgee, Parkes and Wellington.
Cathedral
The cathedral church of the diocese is All Saints Cathedral, Bathurst in the heart of the city. The cathedral building was originally designed by Edmund Blacket in 1845 as a parish church, but became a cathedral in 1870 with the creation of the Diocese of Bathurst. An organ was installed in 1886 and bells were hung in 1855. In the 1890s, however, the bell tower was found to be unstable, so the bells could not be ‘rung full circle’ but only by striking them.
Due to structural problems the original cathedral was demolished in 1969–70 and replaced in 1971 by a new building constructed in a 20th-century style. In 2009, the bells were rehung in a new bell tower attached to the new cathedral.
