11 April, 2025

Portrait of Archbishop Polding

 

Archbishop Polding

The Most Reverend John Bede Polding OSB

1794-1877

Vicar Apostolic of New Holland 1835 -1841

Archbishop of Sydney 1841 - 1877

Born in Liverpool UK

Died in Darlinghurst NSW

Buried in the crypt of Saint Mary's Cathedral Sydney.


That in all things God may be glorified.


Image created by the Saint Bede Studio 2022 based on an engraving from the 1850s.