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 (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland. The college and national seminary on its grounds are often referred to as Maynooth College. The college was of ...

from 1912 until 1918.

Biography

Born in

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

in 1858, Hogan was educated in Ennis, before completing his studies at St. Sulpice, Paris 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) Robert Browne (6 November 1844 – 23 March 1935) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who served as President of Maynooth College and Bishop of Cloyne. Life Robert Browne was born in Charleville, Co. Cork to Robert Browne and Margaret Mullins. He ...

, 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

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was similarly elevated to the episcopate. Canon Hogan served as a member of the senate and pro-vice chancellor of the newly constituted

National University of Ireland The National University of Ireland (NUI) () is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called '' constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under the Irish Universities Act 1908, and signifi ...

. Dr. Hogan was nephew of the Very Rev. John Baptist Hogan, S.S., D.D., a member of the

Sulpician The Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice (; PSS), also known as the Sulpicians, is a society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men, named after the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, where it was founded. The members of the Society add the ...

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 James MacCaffrey ( – 1 November 1935) was an Irish Catholic priest, theologian, and historian. Biography MacCaffrey was born in 1875, at Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, the son of Francis MacCaffrey of Alderwood, Clogher, County Tyrone. He was ...

. 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

Easter Rising The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an ind ...

Works

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

Catholic Encyclopedia ''The'' ''Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'', also referred to as the ''Old Catholic Encyclopedia'' and the ''Original Catholic Encyclopedi ...

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, John F. 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Christian clergy from County Clare Burials at Maynooth College Cemetery Academics of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Presidents of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1858 births 1918 deaths 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia University of Freiburg alumni