St Thomas Becket Primary School Lewisham founded
The parish was established in 1851, with a parish school opening in the 1850’s. This was an ele ...
The Irish potato famine leads to the emigration of many Catholics
The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the ‘Great Hunger’, started in 1845 when a fungus-like or ...
First Archbishop of Sydney, John Bede Polding, appointed
John Bede Polding was an English Benedictine monk who became the first Catholic Bishop of Austra ...
All Saints Catholic Primary School Liverpool founded
Catholic schooling in Liverpool goes back to the early nineteenth century, when the area was a ...
St Mary’s Cathedral College Sydney Founded
In 1838, Archbishop Polding opened this secondary school for boys on the present site next to th ...
Fr Dixon conducted the first Catholic Mass in New South Wales
On 15 May 1803, Fr James Dixon conducted the first Catholic Mass in New South Wales with vestmen ...
First Catholic priests arrive in Australia – James Harold, James Dixon, Peter O’Neil
In 1800, the first Catholic priests arrived in Australia as convicts. These included James Harol ...
First Catholics arrive in Australia with the First Fleet in Sydney Cove
The first Catholics to be settled in Australia arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. The majorit ...