Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze

Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1923		Born	Daphne
7 May 1959	35.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Nov 1972	49.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
8 Nov 1972	49.2	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	53.8	Installed	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
15 May 2001	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Biloxi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze (1973)
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi † (1954)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas John Rodi

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