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First fleet
The first fleet departed from Portsmouth in England on the 13th of May to NSW. -
Fr James Harold & Fr James Dixon arrive as convicts.
Fr James Harold arrived in NSW on the 11th of January while Fr James Dixon arrived in NSW on the 16th on January.
Fr Harold was born in 1749 and died on the 15th of August 1830.
Fr James Dixon was born in June during 1758 and died on the 4th of January 1840. -
Australia's first catholic mass
The first Australian Catholic mass was held on the 15th of May 1803. The mass couldn't have gone if the governor of NSW Gidley King didn't allow it. -
Fr Philip Conolly and Fr John Therry arrive as official chaplains.
Fr Phillip Conolly's hardest job was not being a chaplain but sentencing people to their deaths.
Fr Conolly was born in 1786and died on the 3rd of August 1839. -
First census of NSW
This census showed 69% of the white population were Protestant and 30% were Catholic. -
John Bede Polding
Bishop and Vicar-apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land -
Polding arrives in Sydney as bishop
Became Archbishop of Sydney 7 years later in 1842. -
Bishop Brady
Became the first bishop of Perth. -
St Mary’s Cathedral burns down again
The fire started on the night of the 29th of June burning majority of the church. -
Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods
They began the Sisters of St Joseph and founded a school in Penola. -
Thomas Joseph Carr
Thomas Carr was appointed Archbishop of Melbourne -
Rome declares central government for Sisters of St Joseph.
in 1887 Rome had decided to officially declare central government for the Sisters of St Joseph. -
Donald McKillop
Appointed Superior of the Jesuit mission in the Northern Territory. -
Federation of Australia
Federation of Australia was formed during 1901 -
Death of Mary MacKillop
died on the 8th of august of 1909 -
Michael Kelly appointed Archbishop of Sydney
Michael Kelly was appointed Archbishop on the 20th of July 1901 and was treated disgustingly by Cardinal Moran until he died during 1911 -
World War I declared
One of the deadliest wars killing over 70 million people. -
James Duhig appointed Archbishop of Brisbane
James Duhig was Archbishop of Brisbane for 48 years from 1917untill 1965 (the year of his death) -
Death of Archbishop Kelly
Archbishop Kelly died on the 9th of March 1940 and was buried in St Marys Cathedral in Sydney. -
John Paul II elected Pope.
Became Pope on the 16th of October 1978.
Pope John Paul's predecessor was Pope Jonh Paul the first. -
George Pell appointed Archbishop of Sydney.
Became Archbishop on the 16th of July 1996 -
Mary MacKillop declared as a saint
Mary MacKillop was the first Australian to be declared a saint.
She was canonised on the 17th of October 2010.
