Third Pastor of St Joseph Church. 1878-1891. 

He served as the Pastor of Sacred Heart in Ville Platte after the Civil War from 1873-1878.

Fr. Fraering was a native of Prussia. He was born February 19, 1846.  He grew up in Alsace, France, and was ordained a Priest in 1873 for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. After serving for a short time at St. Landry in Opelousas (August 24 to November 24, 1873), he was sent to Ville Platte (1873-1878). From Sacred Heart, he was assigned to St. Joseph Church in Gretna, LA, where he served from 1878-1891, when he died on August 20, 1891.