San Antonian Named to Local Parish of Catholic Church
The Rev. Father Frank Kilday, instructor and coach at St. Anthony's college at San Antonio for the past 10 years, is expected to arrive in McAllen Tuesday to assume his new duties as priest of the McAllen Catholic parish, the local rectory announced Monday.
News of the appointment of Father Kilday was received here Sunday from San Antonio.
The San Antonio priest will succeed the Rev. Father Charles J. Siemes, who left Sunday night via train for Eagle Pass, where he will serve in the future. Father Siemens has been in McAllen for the past several years, and has been widely known for his church activity.
Father Kilday comes to McAllen with a long record of outstanding work. He was born in San Antonio and attended St. Anthony's being graduated in 1920. He was a championship football player while there. He spent six years in seminaries at Mission and Castroville and was ordained a priest in 1926. Beginning in 1927 at St. Anthony's as an instructor, he taughter science, history and Spanish. From 1929 to 1935 he served as football coach, winning Southwest Academic league titles in 1933 and 1934.
Father Kilday is a brother of Police Chief Owen Kilday of San Antonio and of Tom Kilday, who won all-America mention while playing football at West Point. The latter is now in the army service as an officer.
Source: McAllen The Monitor, Monday, Janaury 25, 1937, Page 1
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