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Show in j AGED BISHOP PASSES AWAY Bishop Hogan, Oldest Kansas Prelate, Succumbs Suc-cumbs to Pneumonia Kansas City, Feb. 21. Bishop John loseph Hogan of the diocese of western west-ern Missouri, the oldest Catholic pre late iu this country, both in years and point of service died of pneumonia at the Episcopal residence here toda Por forty four years he had been a bishop. Kansas City. Feb 21. Bishop lohn loseph Hogan. of the Catholic uiocesej of Kansas City, the oldest Kansas j prelate, both In years and point of service, Is critically ill at the red. g asti resident here of pneumonia Physicians In attendance here today held out but little encouragement tor his recovery This bishop is x:; rears old. He was ordained a priest in 1SV2. Bishop Hogan. In 1 8T.5 was e6tab-I I lished at St Michael's church St. ' . Louis, and also was an earlv day mis- I sionary in northwest Missouri. I Bishop Hogan acquired a cold ten days ago which immediately develop-ed develop-ed Into pneumonia. He said at that jtime: 'I will never get over this My 'body has grown old in mi work and, J will noi outlast this illnes." Bishop Hogan was born in county Limerick, Ireland. In 1829 Aat thej age of 18 he tame to the United I States and entered a theologi cal j seminary in St. Louis, where he was .ordained a priest five ears later In 1857 the church called fo an active missionary to open up the wilds of northwest Missouri Mounted Mount-ed upon his sturdv pon. John the Pnptist. Pa'her Hogan plunged into the rallroadless wastes of that section sec-tion of the state teaching his religion The death ol Bishop Hogan leave-Cardinal leave-Cardinal Gibbons the only survivor in the American hierarchy of the convocation convo-cation held In the Vatican in Rome in J 1869. Oft |