William Hogan (priest)
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William Hogan was born in
Maynooth College. He became a priest before emigrating to America in 1819.[1] Originally working as a priest of Albany, New York, he came to Philadelphia and was admitted to the diocese by the diocesan administrator. John England described him as "deficient in the most common branches of an English education".[2] Assigned to St. Mary's parish in Philadelphia, he proved himself a popular priest. According to James Loughlin, he was a man of fine personal presence, an affluent talker, and a born demagogue.[2]
Hogan soon ran afoul of Bishop Henry Conwell, who disapproved of his vigorous social life. When Hogan resisted Conwell's attempts to rein him in, Conwell suspended him. The trustees of St. Mary's rushed to Hogan's defense and Conwell soon had a full-blown schism on his hands. He eventually excommunicated Hogan in 1821 and then, like many American bishops in the 1820s, wrested control of the parish from the lay trustees.
Following his excommunication, Hogan managed a
priests
... that there is not a more corrupt, licentious body of men in the world."
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References
- ISBN 9780300100129
- ^ a b Loughlin, James. "Archdiocese of Philadelphia." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 16 December 2015
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