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At a special Vigil Mass on Saturday 1 November at St Canice’s in Katoomba, Bishop Vincent installed Fr John McSweeney as the inaugural Parish Priest of the newly proclaimed Catholic Parish of the Upper Blue Mountains. ... -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, visited the Blue Mountains, of the Diocese of Parramatta in 1893, as part of a world tour. 21 years later, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, which caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, starting the First World War....