John Baptist Hogan (24 June 1829 – 29 September 1901), also known as Abbé Hogan, was an Irish-

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and educator. He was born near

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, and died at Saint-Sulpice,

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. Hogan, a member of the

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order, was the first rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, founded in 1884. From 1889 to 1894, he taught at the new

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in Washington, D.C., but returned to Saint John's Seminary for another term as rector after the death of his successor, Charles B. Rex. His nephew Dr.

John F Hogan John Francis Hogan (1858–1918) was an Irish priest and educator, who served as President of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth from 1912 until 1918. Biography Born in County Clare in 1858, Hogan was educated in Ennis, before completing his studi ...

DD served as president of

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in Ireland.

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* Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/John Baptist Hogan - Wikisource at en.wikisource.org 1829 births 1901 deaths 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic theologians Catholic University of America faculty People from County Clare {{Christian-theologian-stub