development of the catholic church

By jpaja96

  • spanish naval captain arrives to australia

    In 1606 Spanish naval captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros calls Vanuatu "La Australia del Spiritu Santo" - Southland of the Holy Spirit
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    deveopment of the church

  • first fleet arrives and first mass is held

    In 1778 arrival of the first fleet at Sydney cove and the first possible mass was held by Fr. Receveur

  • Frs. Therry and Conolly, the first official priests arrive

  • Bede Polding becomes Australia's first Catholic bishop

  • catholic church is turned into provinces and dioceses

  • Fr. Patrick Dunne celebrates Mass on the goldfields of Ballarat

  • Establishment of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Australia

  • Mercy Sisters arrive in Queensland

  • Death of Ned Kelly

  • Beginning of First World War

  • Archbishop Mannix founds Corpus Christi College

  • National Eucharistic Congress, Melbourne

  • Norman Thomas Gilroy becomes Archbishop of Sydney

  • Archbishop Gilroy becomes first Australian Cardinal

  • Paul VI visits Australia, consecrates first Papuan-born Bishop

  • John Paul II establishes a Melkite diocese in Australia

  • Appointment of Dr. George Pell as Archbishop of Melbourne

  • Opening of Catholic Theological College