{{one source|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific_prefix = | name = Michael Francis Howley | honorific_suffix = | title = Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland | image = Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century - a treatise of history and development (1902) (14587315509).jpg | caption = | province = | diocese = | 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<br>Vicar Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George’s), Canada | birth_name = | 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 }}

'''Michael Francis Howley''' (September 25, 1843 &ndash; 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{DictCanbio|ID=7457}}</ref>

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