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Since Catholicism was still around in Britain at the time of the First Fleet, some of the first convicts to arrive would have been Catholic, and indeed, a large proportion of them were Irish (who were mostly Catholic).

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For two reasons, to minister to the Catholics there, and to evangelize the non-Catholics.

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