Archbishop John Bede Polding, photograph by Dalton’s Royal Photographic Gallery

P1/2371

fonds

approximately 1865

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9668593

1 photographic print - albumen, on card mount - mount 97 x 62 mm (carte de visite)

John Bede Polding was born in Liverpool, England in 1794. He was ordained a priest in 1819 and consecrated a bishop in 1835. He arrived in Sydney in the same year becoming the first Roman Catholic bishop in Australia. In 1842 he was appointed the first Archbishop of Sydney. Until his death in 1877 he worked tirelessly to establish primary and secondary schools, Sydney University’s St John’s College, the Cathedral of St Mary's (twice gutted by fire), a seminary for priestly training, a Catholic hospital and 82 parish churches throughout the colony.
References:
Bede Nairn, 'Polding, John Bede (1794–1877)'. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Accessed 16 November 2022. https://adb.anu.edu.au
Library acquisition file

Studio portrait of Archbishop Polding wearing full ceremonial vestments and mitre.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title devised by cataloguer

'Dalton's Royal Photographic Gallery' printed on verso