Funeral Mass for Monsignor Bill Gahagan

Monsignor Bill Gahagan died Tuesday, Jan. 10. He was a beloved priest, who faithfully served in the Diocese of Nashville and Diocese of Knoxville for 52 years.

The visitation for Monsignor Gahagan will be Monday, Jan. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in Norris. A second visitation will take place at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m.. The funeral Mass will follow at 11:30 a.m. and will be live-streamed on the cathedral's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@shcathedral. 

Internment will take place at a later date.

He received the papal designation of monsignor in 2017, which you can read more about in this 2017 article of The East Tennessee Catholic. 

You can also learn more about Monsignor Gahagan, his call to the priesthood, and his many years serving the Lord, in this 2019 East Tennessee Catholic article on the priesthood.