James John Hogan

James John Hogan (October 17, 1911 – June 14, 2005) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania (1966–1986).

[1] After graduating from Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, he studied at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland.

[2] On October 17, 1986, Pope John Paul II accepted Hogan's resignation as bishop of Altoona-Johnstown.

James Hogan died on June 14, 2005, at Garvey Manor Nursing Home in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania,[1] at age 93.

On March 1, 2016, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced that as bishop, Hogan was at the forefront of a major cover-up scandal involving the sexual assault of hundreds of children by diocese priests.