John Francis Norton BA DD (1891-1963) was an Irish born catholic missionary priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia. John Norton was born in Lucan, Co. Dublin, 1891, and educated at the Christian Brothers, James Street, Dublin, before going to the Jesuit Mungret College Limerick, from 1905 until 1909. From Mungret he went to All Hallows College, Dublin, to train as a missionary priest, completing his Philosophy and Theology studies. In 1911 Norton was awarded a BA degree from the newly formed National University of Ireland.