Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Sydney

Sydney has had a Catholic Archbishop since 1842.

List of incumbents

  1. John Bede Polding OSB, 1842-1877.
  2. Roger Bede Vaughan O.S.B., 1877-1883.
  3. Patrick Francis Moran, 1884-1911.
  4. Michael Kelly, 1911-1940.
  5. Norman Thomas Gilroy, 1940-1971.
  6. James Darcy Freeman, 1971-1983
  7. Edward Bede Clancy, 1983-2001
  8. George Pell, 2001 - present

Auxiliary Bishops of Sydney

  1. John Bede Polding, O.S.B., 1842
  2. Joseph Higgins, 1888 - 1899
  3. Eris Norman Michael O'Brien, 1948 - 1951
  4. Patrick Francis Lyons, 5 Apr 1950 -1956
  5. James Patrick Carroll, 1954 - 1984
  6. James Darcy Freeman, 1956 - 1968
  7. Thomas William Muldoon, 1960 - 1982
  8. Edward Francis Kelly M.S.C., 1969 - 1975
  9. Edward Bede Clancy, 1973 - 1978
  10. David Cremin, 1973 - 2005
  11. Bede Vincent Heather, 1979 - 1986
  12. John Edward Heaps, 1981 - 1992
  13. Patrick Laurence Murphy, 1976 - 1986
  14. Geoffrey James Robinson, 1984 - 2004
  15. Peter William Ingham, 1993 - 2001
  16. Julian Charles Porteous, 2003 - present
  17. Anthony Colin Fisher OP, 2003 - 2010 (Bishop of Parramatta (2010-))

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