Heroes and Leaders in the Church of Brisbane Archbishop John Bede Polding 1834 - 1877The great pastoralistArchbishop James Quinn 1859-1881First Bishop of BrisbaneMother Vincent Whitty b. 1819 - d. 1892The hardworking and resilient Sisters of Mercy and the City of BrisbaneSaint Mary of the Cross MacKillop b. 1842 - d.1909The Sisters of St Joseph and the City of BrisbaneArchbishop Robert Dunne Bishop of Brisbane 1882, Archbishop of Brisbane 1887-1917An Irish successorArchbishop James Duhig 1917 – 1965The builder of BrisbaneArchbishop Patrick Mary O'Donnell Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane 1949 – 1965, Archbishop of Brisbane; Archbishop of Brisbane 1965 – 1973, d. 1980Archbishop Francis Rush 1973 – 1991, d. 2001A father of Vatican IIArchbishop John Alexius Bathersby 1991 – 2011, d 2020World travellerArchbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge 2012 – present