Catholic Church History in Brisbane

  • FIRST CATHOLIC SCHOOL

    The first catholic school funded by money collected from local catholic setters
  • The first Permanent church

    People had there first permanent church St Stephens
  • St Stephens church pronounced as the cathedral

    St Stephens church pronounced as the cathedral
    St Stephens was proclaimed the cathedral of the diocese.
  • Arch Bishop Dunn

    Arch Bishop Dunn
    Arch bishop Dunn's death in 1919
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The great depression in 1929 to 1945 affected catholic schools because of the lack of catholic teachers.
  • Bishop James Duhig

    Bishop James Duhig
    Bishop James Duhig established 28 new catholic schools.
  • Bernard O'Shea

    Bernard O'Shea
    Bernard O'Shea was named the diocesan director of Brisbane Catholic Education. He helped shape Brisbane Catholic Education in that time.
  • New schools

    26 new catholic schools were opened so more kids could have an education.
  • LAY TEACHERS

    LAY TEACHERS
    Macaulay collage were now letting lay teachers teach in catholic schools because they have been more reliant on them because there has been a lack of priests or Nuns
  • One To One technology

    One To One technology
    In 2007 Kevin Rudd promised one to one technology for catholic schools across Australia to help with kids with more fun ways to learn about any subject.
  • BCE Today

    BCE Today
    Now through Brisbane Catholic Education there are now 139 schools 72,000 Students and 11,000 employs