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Catholic settlers arrived at Parramatta petition Phillip for a chaplain.
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-Dixon presents the first public Mass.
-He was also the first official priest in Australia.
-Later on he and two others were arrested for being apart of the 1798 Irish rebellions who were then transported to Botany bay.
-In total 2086 Irishmen/woman were transported to Botany bay but the majority of them were either criminals or rebels. -
First Catholic school opened at Parramatta.
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the first baptism was conducted by Minister John McKaeg, and a couple years after he went to debtor prison.
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The first Australian Catcholic bishop was John Bedge Polding.
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- Moran was appointed Archbishop of Sydney -He was created Cardinal-Priest. -In Rome Moran studied for the priesthood, first at the minor seminary and then at the major seminary.
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Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph.
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Governor Macquarie lays foundation stone for St Mary's Church, on site of later cathedral.
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Thomas Carr was the 2nd Archbishop of Melbourne, but he was also a part of the Roman Catholic church.
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-St. Patrick's Seminary opened.
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When Thomas Carr died, Mannix became Archbishop of Melbourne.
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James Scullin became Australia's first Catholic prime minister. He was born on the 18th of Sep 1876 and died on the 28th of Jan 1953.
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He is a Roman Catholic bishop, since 2001 he has been the 8th Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Hart was born in Melbourne Victoria, he is the eldest of the three children. He was educated at St John's Marist Brothers,and Xavier College in Kew.
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Archbishop James Robert Knox appointed Archbishop of Melbourne
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1967: Ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne on 22 July 1967, Hart served as a hospital chaplain, an assistant parish priest and then master of ceremonies at St Patrick's Cathedral. 1997: In 1997, he was consecrated a bishop and made an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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Rome declared that Australia was no longer a Catholic mission country.