John Francis Hogan (1858-1918) was an Irish priest and educator, who served as President of

St. Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland ...

from 1912 until 1918.

Biography

Born in County Clare in 1858, Hogan was educated in Ennis, before completing his studies at

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and in the

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. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1882 and served for three years as a curate in

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. In 1886, he was appointed Professor of Modern Languages at Maynooth College, and in 1888 Vice President. In 1894 he succeeded Robert Browne (bishop), who had been appointed to

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, as editor of the ''Irish Ecclesiastical Record''. He succeeded to the College presidency in 1912 when Monsignor Daniel Mannix was similarly elevated to the episcopate. Canon Hogan served as a member of the senate and pro-vice chancellor of the newly constituted

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. Dr. Hogan was nephew of the Very Rev.

John Baptist Hogan John Baptist Hogan (24 June 1829 – 29 September 1901), also known as Abbé Hogan, was an Irish- French Catholic theologian and educator. He was born near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, and died at Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France. Hogan, a member ...

, S.S., D.D., a member of the Sulpician order who was Rector of St. John's Seminary, Boston. Monsignor Hogan resigned as president of Maynooth in October 1918 and died in Dublin on 24 November 1918. He was succeeded in Maynooth by his vice president Monsignor

James MacCaffrey Monsignor James MacCaffrey Licentiate of Sacred Theology, STL, PhD (1875 – 1935) was an Irish priest, theologian and historian. Biography Monsignor MacCaffrey was born in 1875, at Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, he was the son of Francis MacCaffre ...

. He was President during the events of Easter Week 1916. In 2016 centenary events brought to light contemporary evidence of the attitude of both seminary staff and students to the

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Works

Dr. Hogan contributed many articles to ''American Catholic Quarterly'' and the ''Dublin Review'', and wrote the article on Maynooth College for the ''

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''. He also wrote: *''Life and Works of Dante'' *''Catholics and Trinity College'' *''Maynooth and the Laity''

References

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