Fr. Howard Vogan, the longtime pastor of St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Parish in Livonia and St. Joseph Parish in South Lyon, is remembered as a devout pastor who celebrated Mass with reverence and always ensured his parish was on sound footing.

Fr. Vogan combined reverence for the Mass with a personal preaching style that attracted people to go deeper in their relationship with God, said Mark Snitchler, a parishioner of St. Genevieve-St. Maurice who first met Fr. Vogan in 1998.

A longtime priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Fr. Vogan passed away Oct. 29. He was 82.

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Fr. Howard Vogan, 82, remembered for reverence, humility in serving his flock - Detroit Catholic

Longtime priest served for decades as pastor of St. Joseph in South Lyon, St. Genevieve-St. Maurice in Livonia