Thomas Francis Little
Thomas Francis Little KBE (also Frank Little , born November 30, 1925 in Werribee , Victoria , Australia , † April 7, 2008 in Camberwell , Melbourne), was Archbishop of Melbourne .
Life
Frank Little attended Corpus Christi College, then Werribee College. From 1943 he studied theology, from 1947 on that of Gregory XV. Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide in Rome, founded in 1622 . There he was ordained a priest in 1950 by Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi . He then completed a doctorate at the Pontifical Urban University , where he was in 1953. Doctor of Sacred Theology (STD) PhD .
After pastoral work, he was secretary to Romolo Carboni , the Apostolic Delegate in Australia from 1956 to 1959 in Sydney . He then worked at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne and became its dean in 1965. In 1971 he moved to St. Ambrose Parish, Brunswick. He was particularly committed to the numerous migrants in Australia, especially Italian immigrants. In addition to teaching at the seminary , he was a member of the Ecumenical Commission of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and chairman of the Victorian Action for World Development , episcopal vicar for the lay council and chaplain.
On November 16, 1972, Pope Paul VI appointed him . the titular bishop of Temuniana and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Melbourne . The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Melbourne and later Cardinal Curia James Robert Knox on February 21, 1973; Co- consecrators were John Neil Cullinane , Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, and Ronald Austin Mulkearns , Bishop of Ballarat .
After the appointment of James Robert Cardinal Knox ' Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments , Little was named sixth Archbishop of Melbourne on July 1, 1974.
In 1977 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). In 1992 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology from Melbourne College of Divinity (MCD) .
On July 16, 1996, Pope John Paul II accepted his health-related resignation.
Web links
- Entry for Thomas Francis Little on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Obituary Frank Little (English)
- "Speak no evil" (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| James Robert Knox |
Archbishop of Melbourne 1974–1996 |
George Pell |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Little, Thomas Francis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Little, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian clergyman, Archbishop of Melbourne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werribee , Victoria , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 2008 |
| Place of death | Camberwell , Melbourne |