Catholicism Australia Timeline by Lachlan Zaldivia

  • Arrival of First Fleet

    Arrival of First Fleet
    Arrival of the first fleet at Sydney Cove, British Settlement. It then became the first mass celebrated on Australian Soil.
  • First public Mass

    First public Mass
    Fr Dixon in Sydney had the First Public Mass
  • The First Official Priests arrive in Australia

    The First Official Priests arrive in Australia
    Frs. Therry and Conolly Arrive as the first Official Priests in Australia.
  • Construction of the First Catholic Church in Australia.

    First Catholic Church made in Richmond, Australia
  • Australia's First Bishop

    Australia's First Bishop
    Pope Gregory XVI appoints Fr Brfr Polding OSB as Australian's First Catholic Bishop.
  • Mary Mackillop Born

    Mary Mackillop Born
    One of the First Australian Saints was Born.
  • James Alepius Goold becomes first Catholic bishop of Melbourne

  • James Quinn appointed as Bishop of Brisbane

    James Quinn appointed as Bishop of Brisbane
  • St Mary's Cathedral Church Destroyed

  • Mary McKillop and Fr. Julian Tenison Woods found Sisters of St. Joseph

    Mary McKillop and Fr. Julian Tenison Woods found Sisters of St. Joseph
  • Mary and Father Woods opened the first free Catholic School

    Mary and Father Woods opened the first free Catholic School
    Mary and Father Woods opened the first free Catholic school in Penola.
  • Christian Brothers arrive in Melbourne

  • St Vincent de Paul

    St Vincent de Paul
    St Vincent de Paul established in Australia
  • Mary Mackillop Dies

  • Mary Mackillop beatified

    Mary Mackillop beatified
    Mary Mackillop was beatified on the 19th of January 1995 at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney as a mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II