[Coleus]

Maybe he tried and was turned down.>>

You may be right and if he did the Bishop obviously said NO, and that's the final answer unfortunately. Lay people can not go around building their own churches and hire their own priests on their own and then call themselves Roman Catholic without the express permission of the local ordinary.

[Marysecretary]

Let's hope he went the right route. He seems like a devout believer.