The characters / Recurring character
Father Donald Callahan
Father Donald Callahan is recorded in 4 distinct storys.
The priest in Salem’s Lot returns as the Pere traveling with Roland’s group. Song of Susannah explicitly says he lived through the events described in the book Salem’s Lot, and The Dark Tower identifies Pere Callahan as the former Father Callahan of that town. Pere is the title used for the same priest Callahan already source-verified across Salem’s Lot and the Tower books.
Also recorded as Don Callahan, Donald Callahan, Pere Callahan.
Stories and supporting passages
Salem's Lot
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… or at least hear from include John Groggins, pastor of the Jerusalem’s Lot Methodist Church; Father Donald Callahan, Parish priest of St Andrew’s; Mabel Werts, a local widow who was prominent in ‘salem’s Lot church and social functions; Lester and Harriet Durham, a …
The fictional town report identifies Father Donald Callahan as parish priest.
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With the gates Open, he walked back to the newly dug grave where Father Donald Callahan, the pastor of the Jerusalem’s Lot Parish, waited by the grave.
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The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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“Yes, I think I am,” the man in the turned-around collar said. “My name is Donald Callahan.”
Don Callahan is the same former priest whose seminary, New York shelter and return journey are narrated in these consecutive Tower books.
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Pere Callahan responds angrily and walks away from the council.
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
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“Tell, I beg.” Rosalita, Pere Callahan’s woman of all work, came in with a tray. There were cups on it, and a carafe of steaming coffee.
Rosalita is identified through her work for Pere Callahan.
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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
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He put their number at close to a hundred, the majority certainly of the sort Pere Callahan had referred to as “low men.”
Jake recalls Callahan’s name for the low men.
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