User:Macs99 34/Monsignor Frawley

Early Life
Bartholomew Frawley was born in 1904 near Toowoomba ...

Early Career
When finished school Frawley studied to become a teacher which he was for 3 years. In 1930 Frawley became a priest in Rome when he was 26 years old. Father Frawley joined the RAAF (Royal Australian Air force) in 1941 as chaplain, he remained for the next five years. ...

later years
After World War 2, Frawley became parish priest in Scarborough, Redcliffe. In Scarborough Frawley organised the construction of a church and a school, later on he organised the construction of more schools (St Bernadette's primary school, De La Salle, Soubirous Colleges) and in 1937 Frawley had a school named after him 'Frawley College (now Southern Cross Catholic College). He retired to Clontarf in 1983 after working as a priest for 53 years. Monsignor Frawley is believed to be Australia's longest serving priest. He died in January 2002 after suffering 2 strokes in the same week. ...