Francis Gilfillan

Francis Gilfillan DD (February 16, 1872 – January 13, 1933) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[2] Gilfillan immigrated to the United States to enter the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.,[2] where he received a Doctor of Divinity degree.

Gilfillan was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St. Louis by Archbishop John J. Kain on June 24, 1895.

[3][4] He received his episcopal consecration on November 8, 1922, from Archbishop John J. Glennon, with Bishops Christopher E. Byrne and Thomas F. Lillis serving as co-consecrators.

He opened an orphanage in St. Joseph and built the Christian Brothers High School in that city.