Michael Francis Howley

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Michael Francis Howley

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| archbishop_of = Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland

| image = Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century - a treatise of history and development (1902) (14587315509).jpg

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| see = St. John's

| enthroned = December 21, 1894

| ended = October 15, 1914

| predecessor = Thomas Joseph Power

| successor = Edward Patrick Roche

| ordination = June 6, 1868

| consecration =

| other_post = Prefect of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada
Vicar Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1843|09|25}}

| birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland Colony

| death_date = {{death date and age|1914|10|15|1843|09|25}}

| death_place = St. John’s, Dominion of Newfoundland

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Michael Francis Howley (September 25, 1843 – October 15, 1914) was a Roman Catholic priest. He was Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland from 1895 until 1904, when he was elevated to Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland, a post he held until his death in 1914.{{Cite web|title=Archbishop Michael Francis Howley [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhowley.html|access-date=2021-05-02|website=catholic-hierarchy.org|date=May 2, 2021}}

Family

Howley was a member of a distinguished Newfoundland family. His father, Richard, who had emigrated from Ireland in the early 19th century, was a successful merchant and civil servant. One of his brothers, Thomas Howley, became a doctor. Another brother, James Patrick Howley, was a geologist and author.{{DictCanbio|ID=7457}}

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