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The date and month is not correct. Only the Year.
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Arrival of the first fleet at Sydney Cove, British settlement. It became possible first mass celebrated on Australian soil by Fr Receveur.
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First public mass celebrated by Fr Dixon in Sydney
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The first offical priests, Frs Therry and Conolly, arrive
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Construction of the first Catholic Church as a permenant building at Richmond, Tasmania
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Pope Gregory XVI appoints Fr Brfr Polding OSB as Australia's first Catholic bishop
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Beginning of Representative Government in Australia Robert Wilson appointed first Bishop of Hobart
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John Brady was appointed the first Bishop of Perth
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James Alipius Goold appointed first Bishop of Melbourne
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The Catholic Church in Australia is divided into provinces and dioceses
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St Mary's Cathederal Church was destroyed by fire
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he first International Eucharistic Congress was held in Lille, France.
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The United States and England, long under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith as mission territories, were removed from its control and placed under the common law of the Church.
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Establishment of the Catholic Women's League
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Norman Thomas Gilroy appointed Archbishop of Sydney
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Pius XII proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Approval of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Initiation of celebration preparations of the start of the third Christian millennium in the year 2000.
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Pope John Paul II visited Cuba and secured the release of over 300 political prisoners.
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The Catholic Church celebrated the Holy Year 2000 and the Jubilee; commencement of the third Christian millennium. Pope John Paul II issued apology for the sinful actions of the Church’s members in the past. Pope John Paul II traveled to the Holy Land.
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Archbishop Pell appointed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II
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Pope John Paul II appealed for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq War. A coalition headed by the U.S. removed Saddam Hussein.
