Catholics in Australia

Arrival of First Fleet (1778)

Jan 1, 1778

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

Foundation (1802)

Jan 1, 1802

Foundation of Christian Brothers Edmund Ignatious Rice started

First Public Mass (1803)

Jan 1, 1803

The first public mass was held by Father Dixon

Father Terry and Conolly (1820)

Jan 1, 1820

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

First Catholic church in Tasmania (1821)

Nov 13, 1821

The first chuch in Tasmania is the Richmond church

John Bede Polding(1835)

Nov 13, 1835

John Bede Polding is the first catholic bishop in Australia

Christian Brothers (1868)

Nov 13, 1868

The first Christian Brothers arrived in Australia

Roger Vaughan (1875)

Nov 13, 1875

Roger Vaughan becomes an Archibishop of Sydney

St Vincent De Paul (1881)

Nov 13, 1881

St Vincent De Paul established in Australia

First Marist School(1885)

Nov 13, 1885

The first Marist Opens their school in The Rocks Sydney

Archibishop Moran (1885)

Nov 13, 1885

Archibishop Moran became Cardinal in 1885

Mary Mackillip (1909)

Nov 13, 1909

Death of Mary Mackillop

Archbishop Daniel Mannix (1913)

Nov 13, 1913

Archbishop Daniel Mannix arrived in Melbourne, Australia

Norman Thomas Gilroy (1914)

Nov 13, 1914

Norman Thomas Gilroy becomes Archbishop of Sydney

John Paul II (1986)

Nov 13, 1986

John Paul II visits Australia

John Paul II (1987)

Nov 18, 1987

John Paul II establishes a Melkite diocese in Australia

George Pell (1996)

Nov 13, 1996

George Pell becomes archbishop of Melbourne