[7] Linton was consecrated on 1 May 1884 at St Paul's Cathedral, London,[8] and on 15 January 1885 he set sail for Australia with his family.
Linton was formally installed as the Bishop of Riverina in the old St Paul's Church at Hay by the incumbent, the Reverend James Macarthur, on 18 March 1885.
[10] Throughout his service, Linton toured extensively around the Riverina diocese's parishes and was instrumental in setting up the first synod for the Church of England in Australia in 1887.
Linton married Isabella, eldest daughter of Charles Abel Heurtley.
He was the great grandfather of Martin Linton, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea in London, England, from 1997 to 2010.