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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Sydney

Australia , Norfolk Island

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese, Primatial See of Australia

Suffragan Sees: Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland–Newcastle, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia–Forbes, Wollongong

Neighbouring Dioceses: Wollongong (↓), Parramatta (←), Broken Bay (↑)

Cathedral Dedication: September 2 (1928)

Address: Level 16 Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9390 5100

Websites:

History

1816: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of New Holland (from Apostolic Vicariate of London District)
1819: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories)
1834: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories)
1842.04.05: Promoted as Diocese of Sydney / Sydneyen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Adelaide and Apostolic Vicariate of Hobart)
1842.04.22: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney / Sydneyen(sis) (Latin)
1845.05.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Perth
1845: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Essington and Apostolic Vicariate of King George Sounde - The Sound
1847.06.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Melbourne and Diocese of Maitland
1847: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of King George Sounde - The Sound
1859.04.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Brisbane
1862.11.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Goulburn
1865.06.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bathurst
1869.11.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Armidale
1951.11.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wollongong
1986.04.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Broken Bay and Diocese of Parramatta

Papal Visits

Pope Paul VI (1970.11)
Pope John Paul II (1986.11)
Pope John Paul II (1995.01)
Pope Benedict XVI (2008.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, National Shrine: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Tweets by @SydArchdiocese

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2014.02.26 – ...):	Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (50) Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia
Auxiliary Bishop (2007.10.04 – ...):	Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady (67) Titular Bishop of Talaptula
Auxiliary Bishop (2011.04.20 – ...):	Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (50) Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sydney (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (50)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.02.26 – ...)

Cardinal George Pell (73)
(2001.03.26 – 2014.02.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello
President of Secretariat for the Economy
President of “Vox Clara” Committee
Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia)

Born:	1941.06.08 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.05.21
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21

Titular Bishop of Scala (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1996.07.16 – 2001.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (2001.03.26 – 2014.02.24)

President of “Vox Clara” Committee (2002.04 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2003.10.21 [2004.03.20] – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2007.02.03 – 2014.02.24)

Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – ...)

President of Secretariat for the Economy (2014.02.24 – ...)

Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy (90)
(1983.02.12 – 2001.03.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia)

Fides mundum vincit

Born:	1923.12.13 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1949.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.06.29
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28

Titular Bishop of Árd Carna (1973.10.25 – 1978.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1973.10.25 – 1978.11.24)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1978.11.24 – 1983.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1983.02.12 – 2001.03.26)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1986 – 2000)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1988.06.28 – ...)

Cardinal James Darcy Freeman
(1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12)

Per ipsum ipsa duce

Born:	1907.11.09 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1940.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.01.27
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1991.03.16 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Hermopolis parva (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1968.10.18 – 1971.07.09)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1971 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.16)

Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy
(1940.03.08 – 1971.07.09)

Christus lux mea

Born:	1896.01.22 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.03.17
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1977.10.21 († 81)

Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia) (1934.12.10 – 1937.07.01)

Titular Archbishop of Cypsela (1937.07.01 – 1940.03.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1937.07.01 – 1940.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1940.03.08 – 1971.07.09)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1946.02.22 – 1977.10.21)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1958 – 1971)

Archbishop Michael Kelly
(1911.08.17 – 1940.03.08)

Born:	1850.02.13 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1872.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.08.15
Died:	1940.03.08 († 90)

Titular Archbishop of Achrida (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1911.08.17 – 1940.03.08)

Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran
(1884.03.14 – 1911.08.16)

Born:	1830.12.16 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1853.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.03.05
Created Cardinal:	1885.07.27
Died:	1911.08.16 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Olba (1871.12.22 – 1872.08.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1871.12.22 – 1872.08.11)

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1872.08.11 – 1884.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1884.03.14 – 1911.08.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1885.07.30 – 1911.08.16)

Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B.
(1877.03.16 – 1883.08.17)

Born:	1834.01.09 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1859.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.03.19
Died:	1883.08.17 († 49)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1873.02.28 – 1877.03.16)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1873.02.28 – 1877.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1877.03.16 – 1883.08.17)

Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B.
(1842.04.22 – 1877.03.16)

Born:	1794.10.18 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1819.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1834.06.29
Died:	1877.03.16 († 82)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1832.07.04 – 1833.06.03)

Vicar Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (Australia) (1833.06.03 – 1842.04.05)

Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea (1834.05.12 – 1842.04.05)

Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1842.04.05 – 1842.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1842.04.22 – 1877.03.16)

Bishops of Sydney (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1842.04.05 – 1842.04.22)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1833.06.03 – 1842.04.05)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy (later Cardinal) (1937.07.01 – 1940.03.08)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Michael Sheehan (1922.02.22 – 1937.07.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Michael Kelly (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. (1873.02.28 – 1877.03.16)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Charles Henry Davis, O.S.B. (1846.09.24 – 1854.05.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julian Charles Porteous (65) (later Archbishop) (2003.07.16 – 2013.07.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (54) (2003.07.16 – 2010.01.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter William Ingham (73) (1993.05.24 – 2001.06.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson (76) (1984.01.23 – 2004.07.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Edward Heaps (1981.09.04 – 1992.03.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bede Vincent Heather (85) (1979.06.30 – 1986.04.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy (1976.12.20 – 1986.04.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop David Cremin (84) (1973.10.25 – 2005.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Bede Clancy (90) (later Cardinal) (1973.10.25 – 1978.11.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. (1969.02.06 – 1975.12.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas William Muldoon (1960.03.01 – 1982.09.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Darcy Freeman (later Cardinal) (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop James Patrick Carroll (1954.01.06 – 1984.07.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons (1950.04.05 – 1956.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eris Norman Michael O’Brien (later Archbishop) (1948.02.05 – 1951.01.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Higgins (1888.09.18 – 1899.09.21)

as of 2014.06.25

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