1956

In 1956 Father Garrigan was transferred to St. Basil's in Vallejo and was succeeded by Father John J. Hayes (formerly pastor of St. Jude's in Ceres) in October. 

Father Garrigan was born in County Cavan Ireland, February 18, 1903.  He was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 22, 1930.  From December 9, 1930 to November 6, 1935 he was assistant pastor of Star of the Sea, Sausalito.  From November 6, 1935 to January 17, 1951, he was the assistant pastor at St. Leo's in Oakland.  Prior to his transfer to St. David's, he was pastor of St. St. Anthony's, Manteca.  He served as the Dean of Sonoma County clergy when Vallejo was part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.  In 1962, when the Archdiocese of San Francisco was divided and Solano County was made part of the Diocese of Sacramento, he was incardinated there.  In the summer of 1963 he returned to Ireland for vacation, he became ill and died in Drogheda, Ireland on July 30, 1963. 


(A Parochial and Institutional History of the Diocese of Oakland 1962-1972, Peter Thomas Conny.  Saint Francis Historical Society, Mission Hills, California, 2000.)