De Witt Batty

The Right Reverend

Francis de Witt Batty
7th Bishop of Newcastle
Batty laying the foundation stone of St George's Church, Hamilton, in 1956
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceNew South Wales
DioceseNewcastle
Installed3 March 1931
PredecessorGeorge Long
SuccessorJames Housden
Other postDean of Brisbane
Personal details
Born(1879-01-10)10 January 1879
London, England
Died3 April 1961(1961-04-03) (aged 82)
Sydney, New South Wales
BuriedSt John's Anglican Cemetery, Morpeth
NationalityBritish-Australian
DenominationAnglicanism
EducationBalliol College, Oxford

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

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