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History of The Catholic Church in Australia

By Millie:)

  • 1778

    Arrival of First Fleet at Sydney Cove

  • 1803

    First public Mass said by Father Dixon

  • 1817

    1817
    Arrival of Father Jeremiah O’Flynn

  • 1820

    Father Therry and Father Connolly, the first official priests arrive

  • 1821

    1821
    Construction of first Catholic church at Richmond, Tasmania

  • 1835

    1835
    John Bede Polding becomes Australia’s first Catholic bishop

  • 1838

    1838
    Arrival of Caroline Chisholm in Australia

  • 1848

    The Catholic Church in Australia is divided into provinces and dioceses

  • 1865

    1865
    St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney destroyed by fire