De Witt Batty

Francis de Witt Batty (known as De Witt;[1] 10 January 1879 – 3 April 1961[2]) was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Newcastle from 1931 until his retirement in 1958.

The Most Reverend

Francis de Witt Batty
7th Archbishop of Newcastle
Archbishop Batty laying the foundation stone of St George Anglican Church, Hamilton in 1956
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceProvince of New South Wales
DioceseDiocese of Newcastle
Installed3 March 1931
PredecessorGeorge Long
SuccessorJames Housden
Other postsDean of Brisbane
Personal details
Born10 January 1879
London, England
Died3 April 1961
Sydney, New South Wales
BuriedSt Johns Anglican Cemetery, Morpeth
NationalityBritish -Australian
DenominationAnglicanism

Life

De Witt Batty was educated at St Paul's School, London and Balliol College, Oxford[3] He was ordained in 1903 and his first position was as a curate at Hornsey where he was asked a year later by the outgoing rector, St Clair Donaldson, to accompany him as his chaplain when Donaldson was appointed Archbishop of Brisbane.[4] In 1915 he was appointed a residential canon at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and in 1925 the cathedral's dean. He was consecrated a bishop on 25 January 1930 by Gerald Sharp, Archbishop of Brisbane,[5] to serve as coadjutor bishop of Brisbane.[6] He once called his see "the most enviable diocese in Australia".[1]

De Witt Batty retired to Double Bay, Sydney and died on 3 April 1961. He was cremated and his ashes interred with William Tyrrell at St John's Anglican Cemetery, Morpeth. In his obituary in The Times, he was described as being "one of the most outstanding Englishmen ever to dedicate his life to public service in Australia".[7]

References
  1. AB on line
  2. The Times, 4 April 1961; pg. 11; Issue 55046; col C, Death of Bishop Batty
  3. Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. The Times, 3 November 1904; pg. 8; Issue 37542; col B, Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  7. The Times, 25 April 1961; pg. 17; Issue 55064; col B, Obituary: Bishop De Witt Batty
Church of England titles
Preceded by
George Merrick Long		 Bishop of Newcastle (Australia)
1931 –1958		 Succeeded by
James Housden


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