Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1923		Born
4 Dec 1948	25.2	Converted
7 May 1959	35.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
8 Nov 1972	49.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
8 Nov 1972	49.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maxita
28 Jan 1973	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maxita
8 Mar 1977	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
6 Jun 1977	53.7	Installed	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
15 May 2001	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
9 Jan 2019	95.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

MicroData Summary for Joseph Lawson Howze
(VIAF: 4825154137642815370001; WikiData: Q203341)
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze (born 30 Aug 1923, died 9 Jan 2019) Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi

Event Place
Birth Place Daphne, AL, Diocese of Mobile, Alabama
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Raleigh, Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
Ordained Bishop Municipal Auditorium, Jackson, Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Death Place Ocean Springs, Hospital, Ocean Springs, MS
Buried Place (Original) Bishops' Prayer Garden, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral, Biloxi, Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi

a priest for 59.6 years
a bishop for 45.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini †
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thomas John Rodi (2001)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Daphne, AL, Diocese of Mobile, Alabama
Ordained Priest	Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Raleigh, Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
Ordained Bishop	Municipal Auditorium, Jackson, Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Death Place	Ocean Springs, Hospital, Ocean Springs, MS
Buried Place (Original)	Bishops' Prayer Garden, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral, Biloxi, Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi

Source(s):

d: CB, 9 Jan 2019
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1973, Number 6
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,070

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