Apostolic Prefecture of New Holland


The Apostolic Prefecture of New Holland was a short-lived Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in colonial Australia.

History

It was established in 1816 as an Apostolic Prefecture in Australia, a territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of the London District.
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On 4 April 1819, it was suppressed and its territory merged into the then Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories.
In 1834, it would be de facto restored as Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land, the precursor of the present Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.