James John Hogan was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

He was named Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown on May 23, 1966, and installed on the following July 6.

Hogan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved with his family to Camden, New Jersey, at a young age.

After graduating from Camden Catholic High School, he studied at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland; St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore; and Pontifical North American College in Rome.

While in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1937.

Bishop Hogan served for 21 years.

Hogan was 93 when he died at Garvey Manor Nursing Home in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

On March 1, 2016, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Jane 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 of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania priests most notoriously Joseph Victor Adamec (Bishop).

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