The Rev. William Donoghue Goggan, S.M., took charge of the parish of Blenheim in May, 1896, Father Goggan was born in the United States and educated at St Stanislaus, Tullamore; St. Mary's Dundalk; and the Royal University, Dublin; and he pursued his philosophical studies at Agen, France, and his theological studies at Barcelona, in Spain. Father Goggan was then sent out as Professor of Science and Mathematics at St. Patrick's College, Wellington. page 333 He took up his duties in June, 1885, and filled the position for seven years and a-half. Father Goggan then joined Father Devoy at Te Aro, where he laboured for four years, and was promoted to the charge of the Blenheim district in 1896. He is now (1905) in charge of the Roman Catholic parish of Napier.