Was Father Mulcahy a Jesuit?
When I see Father Mulcahy (M*A*S*H) every now and again I see him wearing a grey sweatshirt with Loyola (with obvious Jesuit connotations) written across it. I was wondering, is there any indication that he was a Jesuit?
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I believe you are correct. So does the MASH wiki:
In many episodes, Mulcahy is seen wearing a "Loyola" hoodie. This makes sense in that Mulcahy was a Jesuit and Loyola is a Jesuit school. In the final episode of the series, however, Mulcahy is seen wearing a "Wesleyan" sweatshirt; Wesleyan University, the alma mater of actor William Christopher, was affiliated with the Methodist Church until 1937.
He also apparently identifies himself as a Jesuit in the series but I cannot find specific season-episode citations.
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Around the start of the fifth season, Christopher came down with a serious case of hepatitis that nearly proved fatal. \u201cHe became very sick and many people thought that he wouldn't make it,\u201d a source close to the late actor told National Enquirer. Mulcahy was suddenly absent from a string of episodes.Who was the chaplain on MASH?
(Reuters) - William Christopher, who played the unassuming U.S. Army chaplain, Father Mulcahy, struggling to bring spiritual comfort to an anarchic surgical unit during the Korean War on the long-running hit TV series \u201cM*A*S*H,\u201d died on Saturday. He was 84.Best Father Mulcahy Sermon on MASH
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