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30% of the 756 convicts where baptised Catholics
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Change and challenge
Governor Philip forced the convicts to go to Anglican -
Convict
In 1792 five lay Catholic petitioned Governor Phillip to have Catholic Church -
Private practice
To keep there catholic faith they had to do it privately -
Fr James Dixon
In January 16 1800 Fr James Dixon arrived in New South Wales in the Frendship. -
Public mass
Fr James Dixon was a prisoner priest in the early Colony of New South Wales and said the first Mass sanctioned by the governmen The proclamation was read at Government House, Parramatta, and the first Mass was celebrated in Sydney on 15 May 1803 -
First Public Mass
The OfficialCatholic was celebrated in Australia at Sydney in 15th May 1803