Bishop John Bede Polding

During this visit he was sent on a special diplomatic mission to Malta and in recognition of his success therein was made a Count of the.

Bishop john bede polding. When Polding died in 1877 there were 2030000 Europeans and some Asians in Australia and the Church was divided into 11 dioceses including the diocese of Brisbane. 2 The site of Bishop Bramstons house was on the north side of Golden Square in the Soho district of London. The Life Of John Bede Polding Australias First Catholic ArchbishopFrances ODonoghue - with thesis papers.

Bishop James Yorke Bramston 1823 Titular Bishop of Usula. Polding joined the Benedictine order in 1811 and was ordained priest in 1819. Bishop Polding reached Sydney in September 1835 and at once set to work to organize his vast diocese.

The population then was 112000 people with 44300 convicts and 20000 Catholics. His father was of Dutch descent and his mother came from the Brewer family recusants since the sixteenth century. Archbishop of Sydney 1842-1877.

Bishop John Bede Polding. In 1835 John Bede Polding was appointed first Bishop of Sydney. John Bede Polding 1794-1877 Catholic archbishop was born on 18 November 1794 at Liverpool England.

In 1810 he received the Benedictine habit and made his vows the year following. His parents died and at 8 he was placed in the care of his uncle Father Bede Brewer president-general of the English. He also travelled.

Archbishop of Sydney born at Liverpool 18 Oct 1794. He was ordained in 1819 and filled in. From 1830 to 1855 no.