When was Dixon born?
June 1758
Fr Dixon was born in June 1758, and first studied under Fr. John Sutton, PP Oylegate. He then continued to Salamanca in 1778 and lastly to Louvain, where he completed his studies in 1784.
Who was the first Catholic priest in Australia?
John Bede Polding, (born November 18, 1794, Liverpool, England—died March 16, 1877, Sydney, Australia), 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.
Where was Father James Dixon born?
County Wexford, Ireland
James Dixon (1758-1840), Roman Catholic priest, was born at Castlebridge, County Wexford, Ireland, into a family in comfortable circumstances.
When did Father John Therry come to Australia?
May 1820
Recommended by his own bishop as a capable, zealous and ‘valuable young man’, Therry sailed from Cork under a senior priest, Father Philip Conolly, in the Janus, which carried more than a hundred prisoners. They arrived in Sydney, authorized by both church and state, in May 1820.
Where did the Catholic convicts come from?
The permanent presence of Catholicism in Australia came rather with the arrival of the First Fleet of British convict ships at Sydney in 1788. One-tenth of all the convicts who came to Australia on the First Fleet were Catholic, and at least half of them were born in Ireland.
Why was Father O’Flynn sacked?
First he was a monk and had to go to a mission in the West Indies. The mission got expelled by becoming a pastor of Santa Cruz. After that he became a deacon. Then he was charged with incompetence.
Was Fr James Dixon a convict?
He was tried by court martial and convicted on shaky evidence. According to Dr Caulfield, bishop of Ferns, he was probably mistaken for his brother Nicholas, who took an active part in the rebellion. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, but was reprieved conditional on his being transported for life.