Catholic Australian HIstory in the 1800's

By NOONENEEDSTOKNOW

  • 1802 - A Foundation began called The Foundation of Christian Brothers made and Established by Edmund Ignatius Rice

  • 1803 - The First public Mass Happened in Australia hosted by Fr. Dixon

  • 1817 - Fr. Jeremiah O’Flynn “Prefect-Apostolic of New Holland” Arrived in Australia At Syndey

  • 1820 - Frs. Therry and Conolly, the first official priests arrive

  • 1821 - A Construction of first Catholic church at Richmond, Tasmania

  • 1835 - Bede Polding becomes Australia’s first Catholic bishop

  • 1845-70 - Archbishop Polding complains of injustice to Aborigines at NSW Parliamentary Committee Meeting

  • 1847 - James Alepius Goold becomes first Catholic bishop of Melbourne

  • 1848 - The Catholic Church in Australia is divided into provinces and dioceses

  • 1851 - Fr. Patrick Dunne celebrates Mass on the goldfields of Ballarat

  • 1854 - Establishment of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Australia

  • 1866 - Daniel Murphy appointed second Archbishop of Hobart

  • 1871 - St. Patrick’s Cathedral is built in Ballarat completed

  • 1874 - Diocese of Ballarat established and Rev. Michael O’Connor appointed as Bishop

  • 1877 - Roger Vaughan becomes another Archbishop of Sydney

  • 1881 - First permanent St. Vincent de Paul Society established in Australia

  • 1889 - Opening of St. Patrick’s Seminary, Manly

  • 1893 - St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne opened, run by Sisters of Charity

  • 1897 - French Missionaries of the Sacred Heart arrive in Australia

  • 1897 - St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne is Planning to be Opened