Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Sydney

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
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Adopted	1842
Crest	Papal tiara
Torse	None
Escutcheon	Crux (Southern Cross); cross
Supporters	None

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has had a number of Bishops and Archbishops since 1842.

List of Bishops

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end	Notes
1	John Bede Polding, OSB	Bishop of Sydney	5 April 1842	22 April 1842	days	Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney

List of Archbishops

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end	Notes
1	John Bede Polding, OSB	Archbishop of Sydney	22 April 1842	16 March 1877		Died in office
2	Roger Bede Vaughan, OSB	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	28 February 1873	16 March 1877		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney
		Archbishop of Sydney	16 March 1877	17 August 1883		Died in office
3	Patrick Cardinal Moran	Archbishop of Sydney	14 March 1884	17 August 1911		Died in office
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	27 July 1885
4	Michael Kelly	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	16 July 1901	17 August 1911		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney
		Archbishop of Sydney	17 August 1911	8 March 1940		Died in office
5	Sir Norman Cardinal Gilroy, KBE	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	1 July 1937	8 March 1940		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney
		Archbishop of Sydney	8 March 1940	9 July 1971		Retired as Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	18 February 1946	21 October 1977		Died in office
6	Sir James Cardinal Freeman, KBE	Archbishop of Sydney	9 July 1971	12 February 1983		Retired as Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia mare	5 March 1973	16 March 1991		Died in office
7	Edward Cardinal Clancy, AC	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	25 October 1973	24 Nov 1978		Elevated to Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn)
		Archbishop of Sydney	12 February 1983	26 March 2001		Retired as Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella	28 June 1988	3 August 2014		Died in office
8	George Cardinal Pell, AC	Archbishop of Sydney	26 March 2001	24 February 2014		Elevated to Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello	21 October 2003
9	Anthony Fisher, OP	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	3 September 2003	4 March 2010		Elevated to Bishop of Parramatta
		Bishop of Parramatta	4 March 2010	12 November 2014		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney
		Archbishop of Sydney	12 November 2014	present	days

Auxiliary Bishops of Sydney

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end	Notes
1	Joseph Higgins	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	11 September 1888	4 May 1899		Elevated to Bishop of Rockhampton
2	Michael Sheehan	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	22 February 1922	1 July 1937		Retired as Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney	1 July 1937	1 March 1945		Died in office
3	Eris O'Brien	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	5 February 1948	16 November 1953		Elevated to Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn)
4	Patrick Lyons	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	8 March 1950	11 October 1956		Elevated to Coadjutor Bishop of Sale
5	James Patrick Carroll	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	6 January 1954	23 July 1984		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	23 July 1984	14 January 1995		Died in office
6	James Darcy Freeman (later Sir James Cardinal Freeman, KBE )	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	9 December 1956	18 October 1968		Elevated to Bishop of Armidale
7	Thomas William Muldoon	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	1 March 1960	6 September 1982		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	6 September 1982	13 January 1986		Died in office
8	Edward Francis Kelly, MSC	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	6 February 1969	19 December 1975		Elevated to Bishop of Toowoomba
9	Edward Bede Clancy (later Edward Cardinal Clancy, AC )	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	23 October 1973	24 November 1978		Elevated to Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn)
10	David Cremin	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	25 October 1973	22 February 2005		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	22 February 2005	present		incumbent
11	Bede Vincent Heather	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	23 October 1973	24 November 1978		Elevated to Bishop of Parramatta
12	John Edward Heaps	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	4 September 1981	12 March 1992		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	12 March 1992	21 June 2004		Died in office
13	Patrick Laurence Murphy	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	20 December 1976	8 April 1986		Elevated to Bishop of Broken Bay
14	Geoffrey Robinson	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	23 January 1984	15 July 2004		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney
		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	15 July 2004	present		incumbent
15	Peter Ingham	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	24 May 1993	8 April 1986		Elevated to Bishop of Wollongong
16	Julian Porteous	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	16 July 2003	19 July 2013		Elevated to Archbishop of Hobart
17	Anthony Fisher, OP	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	3 September 2003	4 March 2010		Elevated to Bishop of Parramatta
18	Terry Brady	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	4 October 2007	9 June 2009		Elevated to Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes
19	Peter Comensoli	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	20 April 2011	27 February 2014		Elevated to Apostolic Administrator of Sydney
		Apostolic Administrator of Sydney	27 February 2014	20 November 2014	days	Elevated to Bishop of Broken Bay

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Australia
• St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney