Catholics in Australia

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  • Arrival of First Fleet (1778)

    The arrival of the first fleet was said that it first mass in Australia soil and was by Father Receveur

  • Foundation (1802)

    Foundation of Christian Brothers Edmund Ignatious Rice started

  • First Public Mass (1803)

    The first public mass was held by Father Dixon

  • Father Terry and Conolly (1820)

    Frs. Therry and Conolly, the first official priests arrive in Australia

  • First Catholic church in Tasmania (1821)

    The first chuch in Tasmania is the Richmond church

  • John Bede Polding(1835)

    John Bede Polding is the first catholic bishop in Australia

  • Christian Brothers (1868)

    The first Christian Brothers arrived in Australia

  • Roger Vaughan (1875)

    Roger Vaughan becomes an Archibishop of Sydney

  • St Vincent De Paul (1881)

    St Vincent De Paul established in Australia

  • First Marist School(1885)

    The first Marist Opens their school in The Rocks Sydney

  • Archibishop Moran (1885)

    Archibishop Moran became Cardinal in 1885

  • Mary Mackillip (1909)

    Death of Mary Mackillop

  • Archbishop Daniel Mannix (1913)

    Archbishop Daniel Mannix arrived in Melbourne, Australia

  • Norman Thomas Gilroy (1914)

    Norman Thomas Gilroy becomes Archbishop of Sydney

  • John Paul II (1986)

    John Paul II visits Australia

  • John Paul II (1987)

    John Paul II establishes a Melkite diocese in Australia

  • George Pell (1996)

    George Pell becomes archbishop of Melbourne