The earliest Catholic School in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle can be traced to 1834, when Thomas and Mary-Ann Lynch ran a Catholic school with 77 pupils in ‘Maitland’, most likely in the area now known as East Maitland. This was the first of many schools conducted by lay teachers to provide a Catholic education for the children of Hunter Valley settlers.
Find out more about our schools and their rich history in Snapshots in Time, a comprehensive timeline that encompasses the opening dates of the 135 Catholic Schools that have operated in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
