Archdiocese of Sydney

ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY (Archidioecesis Sydneyensis)

Country : Australia
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1842

Official blazon

Azure, on a cross argent four stars (8) gules.

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Arms of Archbishops

John Bede Polding (1842-1877)
Roger William Bede Vaughan (1877-1883)
Patrick Francis Moran (1884-1911)
Michael Kelly (1911-1940)
Norman Thomas Gilroy (1940-1971)
James Darcy Freeman (1971-1983)
Edward Bede Clancy (1983-2001)
George Pell (2001-2014)
Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher (2014-present)

Arms of auxiliary and coadjutor bishops

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Samuel John Augustine Sheehy (1866-1868)
Joseph Higgins (1888-1899)
Michael Sheehan (1922-1937)
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Eris Norman Michael O’Brien (1948-1953)
Patrick Francis Lyons (1950-1956)
James Patrick Carroll (1954-1984)
James Darcy Freeman (1956-1968)
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Thomas William Muldoon (1960-1982)
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Edward Francis Kelly (1969-1975)
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Edward Bede Clancy (1973-1978)
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David Cremin (1973-2005)
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Patrick Laurence Murphy (1976-1986)
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Bede Vincent Heather (1979-1986)
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John Edward Heaps (1981-1992)
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Geoffrey James Robinson (1984-2004)
Peter William Ingham (1993-2001)
Peter Andrew Comensoli (2001-2014)
Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher (2003-2010)
Julian Charles Porteous (2003-2013)
Terence John Gerard Brady (2007-present)
Anthony Randazzo (2016-2019)
Richard James Umbers (2016-present)
Daniel Joseph Meagher (2021-present)

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