Background
Hogan was born in Lima, New New York
Hogan was born in Lima, New New York
Hogan attended Saint Andrew"s Seminary and Saint Bernard"s Seminary, Rochester.
He was ordained to the priesthood for the Rochester Diocese on June 6, 1942. Hogan received a Master of Arts Degree from Canisius College in Buffalo. In 1949 Hogan received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy.
Hogan served for a number of years on the faculty of Saint Bernard"s Seminary, Rector at Becket Hall residence for the diocesan seminary at Street John Fisher College.
He was appointed Monsignor in 1966, and was pastor of Saint Margaret Mary Church, Irondequoit, until being appointed Bishop. On October 6, 1969 Hogan was appointed bishop of the Rochester Diocese by Pope Paul VI. He was consecrated on November 28, 1969 succeeding Fulton J. Sheen.
Hogan resigned on November 22, 1978.