St Leo's Catholic College

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Established 1956 Enrolment 840 (2015-2016) Colour(s) Purple and Gold Number of students 840 (2015–2016)		Principal Mr Tony Gleeson Campus Suburban Phone +61 2 9487 3555 Founded 1956

Type Catholic Systemic Secondary, Co-educational, Day school Address 16 Woolcott Ave, Wahroonga NSW 2076, Australia Motto Lex Dei In Corde (God's Law In The Heart) Similar Barker College Junior Sc, Loreto Normanh, Mount St Benedict College, Knox Grammar School, Turramurra High School Profiles Facebook

St Leo's Catholic College is a secondary Catholic college in the North Shore suburb of Wahroonga in Sydney, Australia. Located in the Diocese of Broken Bay, the college currently has around 905 students.

History

The college opened in 1956 as a school of the Congregation of Christian Brothers with 118 students in grades 3 to 6. The official opening was held 14 October 1956 in the presence of Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney. The Christian Brothers passed control of the college to the Catholic Education Office in 1983. The school also became coeducational at this time.

List of Principals

Br. Sebastian Crohan, CFC (1956–?)

Br. Wigmore (1959- ?)

Br. Brady

Br. Garraty (1968 - ?)

Br. Brian Berg, CFC (1974–1983?)

Br Byron? Byrne

Alan Brady (1983–1985)

Mark Turkington (1985–?)

Terry Blanchard (?–2002)

Debbie Buscall (2002–2010)

Anthony Gleeson (2010–Present)

Alumni

Mel Gibson, American actor, attended St Leo's Catholic College in the early 1970s.

Luke Foley, NSW Labor Leader 2015, attended St Leo's Catholic College until 1987.

Jason Morrison broadcaster and journalist

Daniel Hedge Australian Lothario of the year 2013 & Cleo Batchelor of the year 2nd runner up 2013.

Chris Lowe president of the stonecutters Australian region.

Luke Davies, (Writer, Journalist) Luke Davies

References

St Leo's Catholic College Wikipedia

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Contents

History

List of Principals

Alumni

References