Key Religious Figures Flashcards
Rev Richard Johnson
Church of England
1st chaplain, arrived 1st Fleet 1788
Rev Samuel Marsden
Church of England
2nd chaplain, magistrate, arrived Sydney Cove 1794
William Grant Broughton
Church of England
1st Church of England Bishop, arrived Sydney 1829
Mother Esther
Church of England
Anglican nun, arrived Melbourne 1888, ministry of social welfare of women, founded Anglicare
Bishop Nathaniel Dawes
Church of England
founded Bush Brotherhoods, ministry to the outback
Bush Church Aid Society BCA
Church of England
founded 1919, ministries to the outback
Fr James Dixon
Catholic
convict priest, arrived Sydney 1800, accused of involvement in Castle Hill Rebellion 1804
Fr John Joseph Therry
Catholic
1st official Catholic priest, arrived Sydney 1820, various ministries including education
John Bede Polding
Catholic
1st Catholic Archbishop, arrived Sydney 1835, founded Order of the Good Samaritan Sisters 1857
Patrick Moran
Catholic
1st Catholic Cardinal, arrived Sydney 1884
Daniel Mannix
Catholic
Irish Archbishop, arrived in Melbourne 1913, opposed PM William Hughes on conscription in WW1 1914-1918
Caroline Chisholm
Catholic
converted from C of E to Catholicism, arrived Sydney 1838, ministry of social welfare of women
Mary MacKillop
Catholic
founded the Order of the Sisters of St Joseph with Fr Julian Tennison
Woods 1866, ministry of education in South Australia; now Australia’s first saint
St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies)
Catholic
founded 1854 Melbourne
Rev John Dunmore Lang Presbyterian
1st Presbyterian minister, arrived Sydney 1823, sponsored immigration of Scottish families to Australia, set up schools
