Father Paul Emmet Duggan

Father Paul Emmet Duggan March 30, 2007, at Saint Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco. He was 82. Father Paul was the sixth of seven children raised by Mary Agnes Considine Duggan and Philip Michael Duggan in Berkeley, CA. Fr. Paul was one of three siblings who became priests of the San Francisco Archdiocese. Beloved brother of Fr. Eugene F. Duggan, Fr. William E. Duggan and the late Sister Claire Duggan, SNJM, Judge Robert John Duggan, Lt. Com. Philip Patrick Duggan, USN, Major Raymond Nicholas Duggan, USA; nephew of the late Fr. John Francis Duggan, PhD. Survived by many loving nieces and nephews. He graduated from Saint Augustine's School in Oakland, Saint Mary College High School, Saint Joseph's College in Mountain View and Saint Patrick's Seminary, and was ordained by Archbishop John J. Mitty at Saint Mary's Cathedral on June 12, 1948. Father began his pastoral ministry as parochial vicar at Saint Thomas the Apostle Church, Saint Jerome Church in El Cerrito and Saint Patrick Church in San Jose. He joined the faculty of Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo in 1956. While at Serra, he was accepted into the Air Force Reserve (Tactical Air Command and 349th Troop Carrier Wing) at Hamilton Air Force Base. Rising to the rank of major in the Air Force Reserve, later elevated to the rank of colonel, Father Paul served over time in chaplaincy assignments at the Veterans Administration Center in Los Angeles, the Veterans Administration Center in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Father Duggan was appointed founding pastor of Saint Augustine Church on July 1, 1970. Following more than eight years of ministry there, he was appointed pastor of Saint William Church in Los Altos, Our Lady of Mercy Church in Daly City, and Saint Cecilia Church in Lagunitas. He retired from pastoral ministry in 1984, but continued to serve as an auxiliary chaplain, and later, successfully defended his dissertation for an STD specializing in Marian studies from the Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum/ International Marian Research Institute University of Dayton. In recent years, he had resided at Saint Monica Church and Serra Clergy House before moving to Alma Via of San Francisco in December, 2004. Friends may visit Wednesday, April 4th beginning at 10:00am at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., San Francisco where a Rosary will be recited at 10:30am, followed by the celebration of the Mass of the Resurrection at 11:00am. A Reception will follow. Interment will take place Thursday at St. Mary's Cemetery, Oakland.