catholic church in australia

FIRST MASS ON AUSTRALIAN TERRISORY.

Jan 1, 1788

a Perouse enters Botany Bay and his chaplain, Abbe Mones, celebrates the first Mass within Australian territory

Governor Phillip for a chaplin

Jan 1, 1792

Catholic settlers in Parramatta petition Governor Phillip for a chaplin

JAMES DIXON ARRESTED

Jan 1, 1800

Fr James Dixon and two other priests arrested as part of the 1798 Irish Rebellion are transported to New South Wales as convicts

first public mass held by James dixon.

Jan 1, 1803

First official public Mass is held under strict Government supervision and is celebrated by prisoner priest, Fr Dixon

preist arrested for having a mass with out goverment permission.

May 5, 1817

1817 Fr Jeremiah Flynn arrives to minister to convict Catholics but he does not have the official sanction of the church or state. The following year after ignoring Governor Macquarie's instructions not to carry out any of the functions of a priest, he is arrested and deported despite protests from the colony's Catholics and several Protestant leaders

first official preist arrive.

May 5, 1819

1819 Fr John Therry and Fr Philip Conolly, Australia's first official priests, arrive in Sydney. Fr Therry opens the first Catholic school in Parramatta and lobbies Governor Macquarie for land on which to build the settlement's first Catholic church

father conolly leaves for hobart.

May 5, 1820

1820 Father Conolly leaves for Hobart leaving Fr John Therry the only priest on mainland Australia