New York Times, 14 May 1925 Monsignor Charles A. O'Hern Mgr. O'Hern Dead on Visit from Rome Rector of American College a Pneumonia Victim Pope Saddened by News ROCHESTER, Minn., May 13 (A.P.) -- Mgr. Charles O'Hern, rector of the American College at Rome, died at a hospital here early today at the age of 43. Mgr, O'Hern never completely recovered his health after an influenza attack of two years ago, his brother, John A., of Chicago, said. He was greatly improved, however, when he came to this country from Rome last Fall for a visit. He had expected to return to Rome before Easter, but caught cold. Then bronchial pneumonia, the direct cause of his death, developed. The brother and Mrs. C. A. McMahon, a sister were with Mgr. O'Hern when he died. Burial will be at Chicago, the family's home. ROME, May 13 (A.P.) -- News of the death of Mgr. Charles A. O'Hern brought numerous expressions of sorrow to the American College, where he had passed his entire ecclesiastical career, starting as a student, then becoming vice rector and finally rector. Mgr. Burke, vice rector, informed Pope Pius and Cardinal Gasparri and other high prelates of the news, which was received with deep regret. A requiem mass will be celebrated in the church adjoining the American College. Students of the college will serve at the mass and sing in the choir. Mgr. O'Hern, who had been an official of the American College at Rome since 1907, was custodian of the sacred palliums granted to Cardinal Hayes of this city and Archbishop Dougherty of Philadelphia by Pope Benedict. He acted as Apostolic Delegate in 1919 in bestowing decorations upon all priests in the United States who had served in the American Army or Navy during the war. He was born in Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 31, 1881, and was educated in St. Ignatius's College, Chicago, the American College in Rome and the Roman Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, receiving his Ph. D. degree from the last named in 1905. He was ordained the next year. In 1911 Mgr. O'Hern was named private chamberlain to Pope Pius X, and three years later was renamed as such to Pope Benedict. From 1917 on he was the domestic prelate of the Papal household. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -