Frank Little (bishop)
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Sir Frank Little KBE DD |
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| 6th Archbishop of Melbourne | |
| Diocese | Melbourne |
| Installed | 1 July 1974 |
| Term ended | 16 July 1996 |
| Predecessor | James Knox |
| Successor | George Pell |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 October 1950 (Priest) in Propaganda Fide College, Rome |
| Consecration | 21 February 1973 (Bishop) in Melbourne by James Knox |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Thomas Francis Little |
| Born |
30 November 1925 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 7 April 2008 (aged 82) Melbourne |
| Buried | St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Profession | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Alma mater |
Corpus Christi College, Melbourne; Propaganda Fide, Rome; Pontifical Urban University |
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Styles of Sir Frank Little |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Sir Thomas Francis "Frank" LittleKBE (30 November 1925 – 7 April 2008) was the sixth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. He was appointed by Pope Paul VI on 1 July 1974 and retired in 1996; succeeded by George Pell. On retirement he was styled Archbishop Emeritus in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
Little's father, gerald Thompson Little, was a surveyor and engineer and his mother was the former Kathleen Annie McCormack. Both were from metropolitan Melbourne. Little was educated at St Columba's School, Essendon, then at St. Monica's Christian Brothers College, Moonee Ponds. He completed his secondary education as a boarder at St Patrick's College, Ballarat.
Little commenced training for the priesthood in 1943. In that year he entered Corpus Christi College, a seminary at Werribee. Little went to Rome to study at the Propaganda Fide College in 1947. He was ordained in the chapel of the College on 3 October 1950, by Cardinal Biondi. For the next three years he studied for a doctorate at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He was awarded a doctorate in 1953.
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