 Fr. Mannes Bernard Doogan, OP
Through his ministry, Fr. Mannes accomplished a great deal in California for the early
Dominican Order. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1838 and traveled to California
by ship below Cape Horn with soon-to-be Fr. Jordan
Caldwell, OP. He joined this province at the age of twenty, and from 1866 to
1880 lived in San Francisco. While there he served in two capacities. The
first was as a chaplain at St. Brigid's, when he lived at the Dominican house, Holy
Rosary. Later he lived at St. Dominic's and became the first Pastor of that parish.
In San Francisco, he was the Director of the Dominican Third Order. The
Dominican Third Order allowed individuals to gather for common prayer and a common
apostolate, like a small Christian community. He then served three years in Benicia,
California. Next he returned to San Francisco from 1883 to 1896. His service
to San Francisco totaled 27 years. After the death of Fr. Louis Daniel, OP, he
served as pastor of St. Vincent's in Vallejo for 15 years. For his long years of
service, he was awarded the honor of being Preacher - General. He retired to Benicia
and died in 1912 at the age of 75.
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