Major Events in the Australian Church

By jrossow

  • First Offical Public Mass

    First Offical Public Mass
    Fr Dixon holds the first official public Mass

  • Australia's first Offical Priests

    Australia's first Offical Priests
    Australia's first official priests, Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Conolly, arrive in Sydney.

  • First Catholic School

    First Catholic School
    The first Catholic school is founded by Fr Therry.

  • Penal Laws End

    Penal laws the stop Catholics from having Government positions are abolished.

  • First Catholic Mission To Aborigines

    First Catholic Mission To Aborigines
    The first Catholic Mission for Aborigines is launched by Polding

  • First Episcopal Consecration

    First Episcopal Consecration
    Australia's first episcopal concentration takes place and Fr Francis Murphy is consecrated as Bishop of Adelaide by Archbishop Polding

  • First Bishop Of Melbourne

    First Bishop Of Melbourne
    Fr James Goold is consecrated as Melbourne's first Bishop by Archbishop Polding

  • First Bishop of Brisbane

    First Bishop of Brisbane
    Fr James Quinn is consecrated in Ireland and sails for Australia to become the first Bishop of Brisbane

  • NSW Government Stops Funding Religion

    New South Wales Government Stops Funding Religion

  • Jesuits Arrive in Sydney

    Jesuits Arrive in Sydney
    Jesuits Arrive in Sydney

  • Catholics Must Send Their Children to a Catholic School

    The Catholic Bishops NSW create a Joint Pastoral Letter that said Catholics have to send their children to Catholic schools

  • The First-ever Plenary Council of the Australian Catholic Church

    Sydney holds the first Plenary Council of the Australian Catholic Church.

  • The Australian Catholic Federation is Established

    The Australian Catholic Federation gets established in Victoria.

  • Formation of the Australian Catholic Federation

    The Australian Catholic Federation is formed in NSW

  • Formation of the Catholic Teachers' Federation

    The Catholic Teachers' Federation is formed

  • Australia's First Catholic Prime Minister

    Australia's First Catholic Prime Minister
    Australia's gets there first Catholic prime minister and it is James Scullin

  • First Australian Australian Born Member of the Sacred College

    First Australian Australian Born Member of the Sacred College
    Archbishop Gilroy becomes the first person born in Australia to become a member of the Sacred College

  • Pope John XXIII Dies

    Pope John XXIII Dies
    Pope John XXIII dies and Pope Paul VI becomes the new Pope.

  • First Papal Visit to Australia

    First Papal Visit to Australia
    Pope Paul VI makes the first visit for a Pope to Australia

  • Australia is No Longer a Mission Country

    Australia is no longer declared as mission country by Rome.

  • Pope John Paul II Dies

    Pope John Paul II Dies
    Pope John Paul II Dies and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger becomes the new pope, Pope Benedict XVI.