Who is to be Australia's first Catholic saint?
Catholic Church in Australia Cavanagh RSJ. One Australian has been recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church: Mary MacKillop, who co-founded the Josephite religious institute of sisters in the 19th century. Since the 1980s, Catholicism has been largest Christian denomination in Australia constituting around one quarter of the overall population becoming slightly larger than the Anglican and Uniting churches combined. Up until the , adherents had been recorded as growing both numerically and as a percentage of the population, however the 2016 census found a fall in both overall numbers, and the percentage of Catholics as a proportion of Australia: with 5,291,839 Australian
Saint Anne Byzantine Catholic Church Kasperek was appointed administrator of the parish. Bishop John S. Pazak, C.Ss.R. of the Eparchy of Phoenix, named Father Michael Bezruchka as Saint Anne's new pastor, effective June 1, 2018, spurring great hope for the future. Saint Anne Byzantine Catholic Church Saint Anne Byzantine Catholic Church is a Catholic Christian parish of the Byzantine Ruthenian Tradition located in the City of San Luis Obispo, California. It was founded in 1986. It is a parish of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix. The history of the Byzantine Catholic Church on the Central Coast of California began in