The Christian Brothers

  • Edmund Ignatius Rice opens his first school in Waterford, Ireland, for poor Catholic boys.

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    The Christian Brothers

  • A community of Christian Brothers is established in Dublin.

  • Michael Paul Riordan becomes the second Congregational Leader.

  • The first Christian Brothers arrive in Sydney, Australia.

  • Edmund Ignatius Rice dies.

  • James Aloysius Hoare becomes the third Congregational Leader.

  • Richard Anthony Maxwell becomes the fourth Congregational Leader.

  • Michael Titus Moylan becomes the fifth Congregational Leader.

  • Michael Titus Moylan becomes the fifth Congregational Leader.

  • Jerome Hennessy becomes the seventh Congregational Leader.