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Alternative Titles: Charles Edward Coughlin, Father Coughlin Charles E. Coughlin, in full Charles Edward Coughlin, byname Father Coughlin, (born October 25, 1891, Hamilton, Ontario, Canadaâdied October 27, 1979, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.), U.S. Roman Catholic âradio priestâ who in the 1930s developed one of the first deeply loyal mass audiences in radio broadcast history.