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John Bede Polding

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November 18, 1794, Liverpool, England
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March 16, 1877, Sydney, Australia
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John Bede Polding (born November 18, 1794, Liverpool, England—died March 16, 1877, Sydney, Australia) was the first Roman Catholic bishop in Australia (from 1835), where eight years later he became the first archbishop of Sydney.

Polding joined the Benedictine order in 1811 and was ordained priest in 1819. Consecrated a bishop, he arrived at Sydney in 1835. There he divided his territory into missionary districts and swiftly provided them with priests, churches, and schools. He procured help for his bishopric through visits to Europe. Appointed archbishop in 1843, he became primate of the Catholic church in Australia. In 1844 and 1859 he convoked synods in Melbourne and in Sydney, where he founded St. John’s College.

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