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Catholicism in Australia
300 Irish convicts came to Australia as convicts on the First Fleet. These convicts were catholics and were the first catholics to come to Australia. -
First Mass
Father James Dixon led the first mass in Australia for Catholics -
Father Dixon returned to Ireland
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New Priest
Father Jeremiah O'Flynn became the new priest after 9 years of not having a priest -
First official priests arrive
The first official priests arrived in Sydney -
Australian Catholicism is represented by Father Terry
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Catholic Church came to be
The catholic church came to be recognised and it was finally established in Australia. -
First catholic school is opened
Father Therry opened the first catholic school in Parramatta near Sydney. -
A new head Priest arrives for the colony
A new priest arrived to lead the way for the catholics, his name was Father Daniel Power -
St Vincent De Paul
St Vinnies was established by a 20 year old university student named Frederic Ozanam who was born in Milan and he decided to make a Society and name it after the French saint of the poor. -
Father Conolly died
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Churches and Schools
There were 20 catholic churches and 19 catholic schools. -
First Bishop
The first Bishop came to Australia and later became a cardinal by the name of Patrick Francis Moran -
Archbishop Mannix arrived in Melbourne
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A catholic radio broadcasting station started
The first catholic radio station was born, and they spoke and talked about what Jesus taught. -
No longer outsiders
This was the year that Australian Catholics had established their place in Australian society. -
Catholics Grow
The proportion of Catholics in Australia grew to a large 20.7% -
Pope John Paul II talks to Aboriginals
Pope John Paul II travelled to Alice Springs to talk to aboriginals -
Number of Australians that attend church
Around 75,000 attend church each weekend. This is only about 15% of the Australian Catholics.
