page_title: Anglican Diocese of Sydney
section_title: William Grant Broughton
hierarchical_section_title: Anglican Diocese of Sydney / History / Foundations / William Grant Broughton
caption_attribution_description: St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. William Grant Broughton, the first Bishop of Australia 1836, then Bishop of Sydney, 1847-1853. Founder of St Andrews Cathedral.
context_page_description: The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese within the Province of New South Wales of the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is evangelical and low church in tradition.
  The diocese goes as far as Lithgow in the west and the Hawkesbury River in the north, and it includes much of the New South Wales south coast. It encompasses Australia's largest city as well as the city of Wollongong. It is, geographically, among the larger Anglican dioceses in the world, though the smallest diocese in the state of New South Wales and one of the smaller dioceses in Australia.
  Glenn Davies, an assistant bishop of the diocese, was elected at a synod on 6 August 2013 as the Archbishop of Sydney; and was installed as archbishop on 23 August.
context_section_description: William Grant Broughton succeeded Scott in 1828. During the time that Broughton was the archdeacon the corporation was abolished and the Church of England lost its favoured place and other Christian churches were also awarded glebe land in towns in the colony.
  The Diocese of Australia was formed by letters patent dated 18 January 1836 and Broughton was enthroned as Bishop of Australia on 5 June 1836. He then lost the ex officio position on the Legislative Council (though regaining it briefly later before the creation of a partly elected council in 1842). He continued an education policy and established The King's School, Sydney.
caption: William Grant Broughton, first Bishop of Australia
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