Archive Office of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney (Sydney Archdiocesan Archives)
The Archive Office of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney (Sydney Archdiocesan Archives) aims to ensure that the Archdiocesan archives are preserved as authentic evidence of its administrative, cultural, spiritual and intellectual activities. This includes the collection and preservation of the official records of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and those ancillary records which reflect the work of the church within the Archdiocese.
The records of the Sydney Archdiocesan Archives consist of the following:
a) The inactive records of the Office of the Archbishop of Sydney and his administrative units
b) Personal records of the Archbishop of Sydney
c) Parishes correspondence with the Archbishop of Sydney
d) Religious order correspondence with the Archbishop of Sydney
e) Correspondence of the agencies of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney with the Archbishop of Sydney and
f) Ancillary records of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
The Sydney Archdiocesan Archives is not available for family history or other genealogy research.
School Records are not held by the Archives but may be found at the Catholic Education Office or the Archives of the relevant Religious Congregation of Sisters or Brothers.