About Francis Patrick Sullivan

Francis Patrick Sullivan was born on January 27, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to John and Bridie (Sheehan) Sullivan. He had three brothers and two sisters. He was baptized at St. Justin Martyr Catholic Church, Chicago.

In 1948, Frank graduated from St. Rita High School, Chicago.  He then did post-graduate work in 1949 and 1950 at St. Monica Seminary, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.  He was received into the Augustinian Novitiate on September 9, 1950. He professed simple (temporary) vows in the Order of St. Augustine on September 10, 1951 and solemn (permanent) vows on September 11, 1954.

After earning a B.A. in Philosophy in 1954 from Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, Frank pursued theological studies from 1954 to 1958 at Gregorian University, Rome. After this, he returned to the United States to study canon law at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., in 1959 and 1960. He earned a J.C.B. in 1959 and a J.C.L. in 1960.

Father Sullivan's first assignment was as an instructor at Tolentine College, Olympia Fields, Illinois, in 1960. He was next assigned in 1961 to the Augustinian community at Augustinian Academy, St. Louis, Missouri.  He served as an instructor in moral theology and canon law to the seminarians who were temporarily living there. He returned to Tolentine College, Olympia Fields, and served from 1963 until 1968 as instructor of moral theology and canon law.