William Hogan was born in Ireland and educated at Maynooth College. He became a priest before emigrating to America in 1819. 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". 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.
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