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The catholic church arrives in Australia
The catholic church arrived to Australia in 1788 in the first fleet. -
The first priest arrived to Australia
The first Catholic priests arrived in Australia as convicts in 1800 – James Harold, James Dixon and Peter O'Neill. -
First Public mass
Fr. Dixon presented the first public mass on Australian soil on May 15th 1803 at Port Jackson. -
John Bede Polding comes to Australia
In 1835, John Bede Polding comes to Australia as the first Roman Catholic bishop in Australia. -
St Mary of the Cross Mackillop arrives
St Mary of the cross Mackillop arrived to australia in 1838 . She arriveed to Sydney and is famous
for founding Australia's first religious order: the Sisters of St Joseph. -
The Diocese of Melbourne
The Diocese of Melbourne was created, as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Sydney, by Pope Pius IX on 26 June, 1847. -
First Cathedral of Australia
St Andrew's Cathedral is in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and its history is almost as old as Sydney's itself. -
James Alipius Goold
James Alipius Goold is the first Catholic bishop and archbishop of Melbourne. He was born in 1812 and died in 1886 he was ordained in Rome as archbishop of Melbourne in 10th may 1874. -
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral in melbourne was built in 1880 and 1931 -
Thomas Carr
Thomas Carr is the second archbishop of Melbourne and was ordained in 22 May 1866 and died in 1917.