{"id":4919,"date":"2010-09-15T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/40000-masses-tennessees-oldest-priest-dies-at-97.html"},"modified":"2010-09-15T14:51:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:51:36","slug":"40000-masses-tennessees-oldest-priest-dies-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/40000-masses-tennessees-oldest-priest-dies-at-97.html","title":{"rendered":"40,000 masses: Tennessee&#8217;s oldest priest dies at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An amazing life, to be sure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/news\/25004404\/detail.html\">Details: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe oldest Catholic priest in Tennessee passed away on Monday. Monsignor George Rohling died at the age of 97.<\/p>\n<p>Rohling was a priest for 71 years in the Diocese of Nashville, ministered at six local parishes, taught at Father Ryan High School and served as a chaplain at Saint Thomas Hospital. He celebrated more than 40,000 Masses in his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was devoutly religious, and a very traditional man and traditional priest, so we&#8217;ve lost a little bit of that,&#8221; said Father Ryan Principal Paul Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Those who knew Rohling called him a slick salesman with divine intentions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If your child&#8217;s choking on a dime, don&#8217;t call a doctor; call Monsignor. He can get money out of anybody,&#8221; said Tommy Hagey, director of Camp Marymount. &#8220;It was all used to help people in our community &#8212; every bit of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rohling bought the property for Camp Marymount in the 1940s with his own money and asked the diocese later if it approved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He truly believes the Holy Spirit brought him here to create this camp,&#8221; Hagey said. &#8220;He will forever live here at Camp Marymount. You know? He will never be forgotten.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His memory will be one of service and somebody who cared a lot about city and obviously a lot about his church,&#8221; said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, who said he considered Rohling a friend and counselor. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> There&#8217;s more, plus video, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/news\/25004404\/detail.html\">the link. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An amazing life, to be sure. 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