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1872 BCE
1872
Mary Mackillop is recommunicated into the church and the sister permitted to continue their work -
1788
La Perouse enters Botany Bay and his chaplain, Abbe Mones, celebrates the first
Mass within Australian territory -
1791
First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay -
1803
First official public mass -
1819
Father John Therry and father Philip Connolly arrive in Sydney as Australias first ever priests -
1825
Father Therry was removed from his role as the colony's official Chaplin -
1826
Father Daniel Power lands in Sydney to replace Father Therry. -
1830
Fr. power dies -
1832
Fr John McCecroe appointed the offical chaplain of Australia. -
1833
St mary’s Chapel completed -
1845
Fr. John Brady, consecrated as bishop of Perth moves to Windsor to Western Australia -
1851
St Mary Cathedral renovated archdiocese now has 33 parishes, 30 churches, and 35 priests -
1859
Father James Quinn becomes first bishop of brisbane -
1862
The NSW government passes a bill to abolish state aid to religion -
1865
fire destroyed st. marys cathedrals -
1866
Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison woods found the sisters of st. joseph -
1871
Mary Mackillop was excommunicated by the bishop of Adelaide because she was thought to have incited her sisters to disobedience and defiance -
1911
The archdiocese now has 189 churches in Sydney 170,000 Catholics and more than 25,000 kids are enrolled at archdiocese schools, cardinal moran dies