John Hannan

Status: Retired 2004. Deceased 2017
Diocesan Response: Faculties removed in 2011
Year and Place of Birth: 1929, Ireland
Seminary Attended: St. Patrick’s Thurles Seminary, Ireland
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained 1955 as priest of the Diocese of Sacramento

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 1955-1958: Immaculate Conception, Sacramento
  • 1958-1960: Holy Family, Citrus Heights
  • 1960-1962: St. Patrick, Sonora
  • 1962-1963: St. Joseph, Marysville
  • 1963-1965: Presentation Parish, Sacramento
  • 1965-1974: Sacred Heart, Susanville
  • 1974-1975: Our Lady of the Assumption, Carmichael
  • 1975-1976: Sacred Heart, Alturas
  • 1976-1986: St. Paul, Sacramento
  • 1986-1987: Corpus Christi, Tahoe City
  • 1987-1990: U.S. Navy chaplain, Hamilton Air Force Base, Novato
  • 1990-1991: St. Patrick, Placerville
  • 1991-1992: St. Peter, Dixon
  • 1992-1996: Immaculate Conception, Sutter Creek
  • 1996-1999: Holy Family, Weed
  • 1999-2000: St. Joseph, Rio Vista
  • 2000-2004: St Philomene, Sacramento

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1957-1977

  1. Female, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and sexual intercourse
    • Year reported to diocese: 2011
  2. Female, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2019
  3. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching, fondling, masturbation, oral copulation, sodomy/penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 2019