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Priest

Occupation - Priest
Mongez, Jean-André
Cataneo, Bartolomeo
Cerretti, Bonaventura
Chulaparambil, Alexander
Conolly, Philip
Crozier, John Baptist
Dalton, Joseph
Dixon, James
Edward, Deacon
Gilroy, Norman
Kelly, Michael
Kennedy, Ted
Magagnotto, Pietro
McEncroe, John
McLaren, Jim
McNally, Nicholas
Moran, Patrick
O'Flanagan, Michael
O'Flynn, Jeremiah Francis
Polding, John Bede
Power, Daniel
Seryshev, Innokenti
Sheridan, John Felix
Shlemin, Methodius
Therry, John Joseph
Ullathorne, William
Vaughan, Roger William Bede
Verguet, Leopold
Position - Priest of Boussole
Mongez, Jean-André
Position - Priest of Sacred Heart Catholic church Darlinghurst
Sheridan, John Felix
1857
Position - Priest of St Columbkille's Catholic church Woolloomooloo
Campion, Edmund
1972
Position - Priest of St Francis de Sales Catholic church Surry Hills
Sheridan, John Felix
1867 - 1888
Position - Priest of St Patrick's Catholic church Church Hill
McEncroe, John
1844 - 1868

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Priest

Mongez, Jean-André

French priest and mineralogist who visited Sydney as part of the La Perouse expedition.

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Cataneo, Bartolomeo

Apostolic Delegate, or diplomatic representative, of the Vatican in Australia in the 1920s.

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Cerretti, Bonaventura

Italian cardinal of the Catholic church who became the first Apostolic delegate of the church in Australia in 1914.

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Chulaparambil, Alexander

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Indian-born Catholic bishop.

Conolly, Philip

Catholic priest who arrived with Fr John Therry as the first Catholic chaplains in Sydney. After a year in the colony he traveled on to Hobart and worked across Tasmania until his death.

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Crozier, John Baptist

Catholic Primate of All Ireland who visited Australia in 1915.

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Dalton, Joseph

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Irish Jesuit priest who established a Jesuit presence in Melbourne before moving to Sydney to found St Ignatius College.

Dixon, James

Irish priest transported to Sydney after taking part in the Irish uprising of 1798. On 15 May 1803 he conducted the first public Roman Catholic mass and marriage in Sydney.

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Edward, Deacon

Priest in the Coptic Orthodox church.

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Gilroy, Norman

First Australian born cardinal of the Roman Catholic church.

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Kelly, Michael

Fourth Archbishop of Sydney whose conservatism was often at odds with his Irish nationalism.

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Kennedy, Ted

Priest and activist for Aboriginal causes and reform within the church.

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Magagnotto, Pietro

Italian priest who became Dean of Sydney in 1850.

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McEncroe, John

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Irish priest who opposed transportation and strenuously advocated the rights of the working man. Despite upheaval between the Irish and English orders of the church he was held in high esteem by Protestants and Catholics alike.

McLaren, Jim

Priest who conducted a religious programme on 2SM.

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McNally, Nicholas

Catholic priest.

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Moran, Patrick

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Staunch supporter of Catholics' political and civil rights, Cardinal Moran presided over extensive building of churches, schools and Catholic institutions.

O'Flanagan, Michael

Irish republican leader deported in 1923.

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O'Flynn, Jeremiah Francis

Priest who helped to publicize the needs of Catholics in New South Wales and to influence the British government in 1820 to allow the first official Roman Catholic missionaries to be sent to Australia.

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Polding, John Bede

First Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop of Sydney.

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Power, Daniel

Pioneering priest who arrived to replace Father Therry.

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Seryshev, Innokenti

Priest of the Russian Orthodox church who initially used other Orthodox churches for services in 1926.

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Sheridan, John Felix

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Catholic priest who devoted himself to youth welfare and was fondly remembered for his skill as a fiddler.

Shlemin, Methodius

Russian Orthodox priest who was invited from Queensland to be parish priest to the Sydney community.

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Therry, John Joseph

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Catholic priest who was one of the first allowed to minister in the colony, and who influenced Catholic church-building, education and civil rights, as well as being a parish priest at Windsor and Balmain.

Ullathorne, William

Catholic priest who worked tirelessly for the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Australia and faced public abuse for his opposition to transportation.

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Vaughan, Roger William Bede

Catholic archbishop who revelled in public controversy and who drove the establishment of a catholic education system as a counter to the godless secular system proposed by the Parkes-Robertson coalition.

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Verguet, Leopold

One of a group of French Marist priests who visited Sydney in 1845 en route to a new mission in the Solomon Islands. Verguet made some pencil sketches during his stay in Sydney.

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Boussole

French naval vessel which was part of the scientific expedition of La Perouse. After leaving Botany Bay the expedition disappeared until wreckage was found on Vanuatu in 1827.

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Sacred Heart Catholic church Darlinghurst

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First Catholic church in Sydney's eastern suburbs, opened in 1852.

St Columbkille's Catholic church Woolloomooloo

Once the only church in Woolloomooloo, it was built for the large Irish population the suburb who once lived in the area. It was named for a sixth century Irish monk.

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Campion, Edmund

Catholic priest, teacher and writer whose work has recorded Catholic life in Sydney.

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St Francis de Sales Catholic church Surry Hills

Church at 82 Albion Street Surry Hills.

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St Patrick's Catholic church Church Hill

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One of Sydney's earliest Catholic churches, opened in 1844.