# Michael Francis Howley

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{{Infobox Christian leader
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| name = Michael Francis Howley
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| 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
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| see = [St. John's](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St._John's%2C_Newfoundland)
| enthroned = December 21, 1894
| ended = October 15, 1914
| predecessor = [Thomas Joseph Power](/source/Thomas_Joseph_Power)
| successor = [Edward Patrick Roche](/source/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](/source/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Newfoundland Colony](/source/Newfoundland_Colony)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1914|10|15|1843|09|25}}
| death_place = [St. John's](/source/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Dominion of Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland)
}}

'''Michael Francis Howley''' (September 25, 1843 &ndash; October 15, 1914) was a [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) priest. He was [Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St._John's%2C_Newfoundland) from 1895 until 1904, when he was elevated to [Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St._John's%2C_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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