Copmanhurst, NSW - Church of the Holy Apostles Anglican

Year Built: 1915

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 26 Sussex Street, Copmanhurst, New South Wales, 2460

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Baryulgil people

Last Updated: 15/10/2022

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History and Architecture:

The first Anglican church was built in Copmanhurst in 1871, and like the first school, it was situated to the west of the village reserve at what is now known as Upper Copmanhurst. In 1915 it was replaced by the present Church of the Holy Apostles in Copmanhurst village.

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1903 - 1904	Rev William John Gerrard		1856	1939
1904 -	Rev William George Froomes		1876	1904
1905 -	Rev Frederick Robert Newton	locum tenens	1841	1926
1905 - 1907	Rev George Henry Davies	locum tenens	1867	1922
1907 -	Rev Felix Lloyd Hackett	Curate	1862	1939
1908 - 1909	Rev James Coldham Fussell		1874	1945
1911 - 1914	Rev William James Owens		1877	1967
1914 - 1918	Rev Leonard Edward Joseph Gray		1881	1941
1918 - 1920	Rev Russell Frederick Tacon		1879	1950
1920 - 1924	Rev David Jonathan Collins		1890	1949
1924 - 1926	Rev Robert Bartlett Bates		1887	1955
1925 - 1926	Rev William Gordon Acheson	Bush Brotherhood	1890	1966
1927 -	Rev Henry Pearson Woodburn	Curate	1899	1987
1927 - 1928	Rev Charles Dunn		1889	1957
1928 - 1929	Rev Thomas Ernest Thear		1894	1955
1929 - 1932	Rev Frank Alfred Godwin Woodger		1880	1967
1933 - 1938	Rev Edward Williams	Curate	1896	1970
1937 - 1940	Rev Cyril Stephen Miller		1896	1989
1940 - 1944	Rev Maurice Atterbury Thomas		1908	1979
1944 - 1945	Rev Thomas Ian Lawrence		1915	1981
1945 - 1946	Rev Francis William Bruce Naughton		1894	1948

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Thermatic History Copmanhurst
2. Cable Clerical Index.