The bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, February 01, 1921, Image 1

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“To bring about a friendlier feeling among Georgians irrespective of Creed.” VOLUME II. Issued Monthly. FEBRUARY, 1921 $2.00 a Year. No. 3 FATHER QUINLAN’S JUBILEE History was made in the Diocese of Savannah dur ing the past month when Father William Quinlan, chaplain at the Sacred Heart Seminary of Sharon, Ga., observed the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Holy Ordination. Father Quinlan has the distinction of being the first priest ordained in this Diocese to live to celebrate his Golden Jubilee. He was born in Cork, Ireland; continued his edu cation in America; graduated from St. Mary’s Sem inary in Baltimore in 1871, and was ordained on January 8th, of that year in Augusta by Rt. Rev. Ignatius Persico, fourth bishop of Georgia. His first assignment was at the Church of the Im maculate Conception at Atlanta, the oldest Catholic Church in the capital. After a few years there he went to St. Patrick’s Church in Savannah, where he labored for 27 years, or until 1907, when he returned to Atlanta as assistant pastor of the Church where he spent the days of his early priesthood. Subse quently he was transferred to the Albany Missions, and then made chaplain at Sharon.