List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Sydney explained

Archdiocese of Sydney
Year Adopted:	1842
Crest:	Mitre and shield
Torse:	None
Shield:	Crux (Southern Cross); cross
Supporters:	None

This is a list of the bishops and archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney since 1842.^[1] The title also is the Catholic Primate of Australia.

List of archbishops

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end	Notes
	John Bede Polding, OSB	Archbishop of Sydney	22 April 1842	16 March 1877		Died in office
	Roger Bede Vaughan, OSB	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	28 February 1873	16 March 1877		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney	^[3]
		Archbishop of Sydney	16 March 1877	17 August 1883		Died in office
		Archbishop of Sydney	14 March 1884	17 August 1911		Died in office	^[4]
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna	27 July 1885
		Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	16 July 1901	17 August 1911		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney	^[5]
		Archbishop of Sydney	17 August 1911	8 March 1940		Died in office
	Sir Norman Cardinal Gilroy,	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	1 July 1937	8 March 1940		Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney	^[6]
		Archbishop of Sydney	8 March 1940	9 July 1971		Retired as Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney
			18 February 1946	21 October 1977		Died in office
		Archbishop of Sydney	9 July 1971	12 February 1983		Retired as Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[7]
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia mare	5 March 1973	16 March 1991		Died in office
	Edward Cardinal Clancy,	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	25 October 1973	24 Nov 1978			^[8]
		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
	George Cardinal Pell,	Archbishop of Sydney	26 March 2001	24 February 2014			^[9]
		Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello	21 October 2003	10 January 2023
	Anthony Fisher, OP	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney		4 March 2010			^[10]
		Bishop of Parramatta	4 March 2010			Elevated to Archbishop of Sydney
		Archbishop of Sydney		present	days

Auxiliary bishops

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end	Notes
	Joseph Higgins	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	11 September 1888	4 May 1899			^[11]
		Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney	22 February 1922	1 July 1937		Retired as Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[12]
Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney		1 July 1937	1 March 1945		Died in office
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	5 February 1948	16 November 1953			^[13]
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	8 March 1950	11 October 1956			^[14]
	James Patrick Carroll	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	6 January 1954	23 July 1984		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[15]
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney		23 July 1984	14 January 1995		Died in office
	James Darcy Freeman	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	9 December 1956	18 October 1968
	Thomas William Muldoon	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	1 March 1960	6 September 1982		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[16]
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney		6 September 1982	13 January 1986		Died in office
	Edward Francis Kelly,	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	6 February 1969	19 December 1975			^[17]
	Edward Bede Clancy	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	23 October 1973	24 November 1978		Elevated to Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn)
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	25 October 1973	22 February 2005		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[18]
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney		22 February 2005	present		incumbent
	Bede Vincent Heather	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	23 October 1973	24 November 1978			^[19]
	John Edward Heaps	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	4 September 1981	12 March 1992		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[20]
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney		12 March 1992	21 June 2004		Died in office
	Patrick Laurence Murphy	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	20 December 1976	8 April 1986			^[21]
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	23 January 1984	15 July 2004		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney	^[22]
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney		15 July 2004	29 December 2020		Died in office
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	24 May 1993	8 April 1986			^[23]
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	16 July 2003	19 July 2013			^[24]
	Anthony Fisher,	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	3 September 2003	4 March 2010		Elevated to Bishop of Parramatta
	Terry Brady	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	4 October 2007	10 October 2022		Retired as Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney	^[25] ^[26]
		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	20 April 2011	27 February 2014		Elevated to Apostolic Administrator of Sydney	^[27]
Apostolic Administrator of Sydney		27 February 2014	20 November 2014	days	Elevated to Bishop of Broken Bay
	Anthony Randazzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	24 August 2016	7 October 2019		Elevated to Bishop of Broken Bay	^[28]
	Richard Umbers	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney	24 August 2016	present		incumbent	^[29]

See also

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

External links

• Web site: Province of Sydney . ACBC — Australian Catholic Bishops Conference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915043427/http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/dio/nswact.asp . 15 September 2009 . dmy .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archdiocese of Sydney . The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church . 3 July 2011 . 26 September 2011 .
2. Web site: Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B.. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church . 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
3. Web site: Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B.. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
4. Web site: Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
5. Web site: Archbishop Michael Kelly. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 27 September 2013. 26 December 2014 .
6. Web site: Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 March 2014. 26 December 2014 .
7. Web site: James Darcy Cardinal Freeman. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 March 2014. 26 December 2014 .
8. Web site: Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 March 2014. 26 December 2014 .
9. Web site: George Cardinal Pell. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 November 2014. 26 December 2014 .
10. Web site: Archbishop Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 March 2014. 26 December 2014 .
11. Web site: Bishop Joseph Higgins. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
12. Web site: Archbishop Michael Sheehan. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
13. Web site: Archbishop Eris Norman Michael O'Brien. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
14. Web site: Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
15. Web site: Archbishop James Patrick Carroll. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 March 2014. 26 December 2014 .
16. Web site: Bishop Thomas William Muldoon. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
17. Web site: Bishop Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C.. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 March 2014. 26 December 2014 .
18. Web site: Bishop David Cremin. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 November 2014. 26 December 2014 .
19. Web site: Bishop Bede Vincent Heather. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
20. Web site: Bishop John Edward Heaps. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
21. Web site: Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 11 November 2013. 26 December 2014 .
22. Web site: Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
23. Web site: Bishop Peter William Ingham. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 November 2014. 26 December 2014 .
24. Web site: Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
25. Web site: Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
26. Web site: Kenny . Michael . 2022-10-11 . Bishop Brady retires . 2023-09-02 . The Catholic Weekly . en-AU.
27. Web site: Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 August 2013. 26 December 2014 .
28. Web site: Bishop Anthony Randazzo. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 24 August 2016. 6 March 2017 .
29. Web site: Bishop Richard James Umbers. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 24 August 2016. 6 March 2017 .