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When the new Vatican II English missal became available in 1974, Bishop Hogan approved such changes as Saturday-evening Masses, Communion in the hand, and laymen and laywomen serving as lectors and extraordinary ministers of holy Communion.
Also in 1975, he released the pastoral letter “You Are Living Stones,” which emphasized lay training and leadership; listed desired qualities in pastoral ministers; and outlined such initiatives as a diocesan program for the permanent diaconate, ongoing adult education, a sabbatical program for priests, and working closely with such renewal groups as Marriage Encounter and Cursillo.
Bishop Hogan resigned due to health concerns on Nov. 28, 1978. In his later years, he resided at the St. Joseph’s Convent In rmary in Pittsford, where he died on June 27, 2000.
Bishop Joseph
L. Hogan’s coat of arms.
Emeritus Bishop Joseph L. Hogan speaks at the fth commencement ceremony for St. Bernard’s Institute May 2, 1986.
During the ceremony, he received an honorary doctor of theology degree.
The Bishops of the Diocese of
Rochester
Bishop Joseph L. Hogan leads a Sanctity of Life Pilgrimage at Notre Dame Retreat House
in Canandaigua May 21, 1972.
Vatican II also called for dioceses to create pastoral councils representing priests, women and men religious, and laypeople. Bishop Hogan began working on plans for such a consultative body in 1970, and the Diocesan Pastoral Council was formally established in 1975.
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