This is an historical record of the ordination dates of clergy in Australia for the 17th of May:
| 1975 | Most Rev Paul Bernard Bird CSsR MA DD Ballarat |
| 1970 | Rev Alfonsas Savickis Perth |
| 2003 | Rev Rick Micallef Wagga Wagga |
| 1975 | Rev Paul Oxley SSC |
| 1974 | Rev Stephen Bohan Sandhurst |
| 1996 | Rev Troy Bobbin Canberra & Goulburn |
| 1980 | Rev John Gibson OH |