Cogan, William B. (Father)

July 8, 2016

Jesuit Father William B. Cogan died on July 8, 2016. He was 91 years old.

Cogan, William B.

Jesuit Father William B. Cogan died on July 8, 2016. He was 91 years old.

Fr. Cogan was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on July 27, 1924.  He attended Regis High School in New York City and entered St. Andrew on Hudson in Poughkeepsie, New York, on Aug. 14, 1942.

After studying philosophy at Woodstock College, Fr. Cogan served as regent at Canisius High School from 1949-1952. He then went on to study theology at Weston College in Massachusetts, during which he was ordained on June 18, 1955, at the Fordham University Church.

When he graduated from Weston College, Fr. Cogan went on to teach at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York, for five years. He was then named secretary to the provincial at Kohlmann Hall in the Bronx, before going to the Colegio San Ignacio in Puerto Rico, where he taught English and religion from 1968-1970. After studying religious education at Fordham University, he was involved in marriage encounter work and the Spiritual Exercises at St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset, New York, until 1982.

Fr. Cogan assisted at local parishes and was a retreat minister on Staten Island from 1984-1994, then at parishes around Auriesville and Brooklyn. In 1999, Fr. Cogan moved to Murray-Weigel Hall in the Bronx to continue his retreat, hospital, pastoral and prayer ministries.

David Inczauskis, SJ

David was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and raised in Homer Glen, Illinois. A graduate of Wake Forest University, he met the Jesuits while studying liberation theology at Oxford University and joined the Society after graduation in 2014. 

As a Jesuit, David has been particularly active in academics: studying or working at a university every year since taking first vows in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016. He published two books in Spanish, one in 2019 on Honduran theater and one in 2022 on Honduran cinema. His current research as a doctoral student in philosophy at Loyola University Chicago focuses on critical phenomenology and Latin American liberation philosophy. Also at Loyola Chicago, he serves as chaplain to the men’s volleyball team and to the Spanglish Christian life community. Off campus, he works as a community organizer with the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership.

After ordination, David will continue as a doctoral student in philosophy at Loyola University Chicago.