Joseph Lawson Howze

Joseph Lawson E. Howze
Styles of; Joseph Lawson E. Howze
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Joseph Lawson E. Howze
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Joseph Lawson E. Howze
	Bishop emeritus of Biloxi
Archdiocese	Mobile
Diocese	Biloxi
Appointed	March 8, 1977
Installed	June 6, 1977
Term ended	May 15, 2001
Predecessor	First Bishop
Successor	Thomas John Rodi
Orders
Ordination	May 7, 1959
Consecration	January 28, 1973; by Luigi Raimondi, Harold Robert Perry, and Joseph Bernard Brunini
Personal details
Born	August 30, 1923; Daphne, Alabama, U.S.
Died	January 9, 2019 (aged 95); Ocean Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson
Motto	Unity of God’s people

Joseph Lawson E. Howze (August 30, 1923 – January 9, 2019) was an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Biloxi from 1977 to 2001.

Early life

Howze was born in Daphne, Alabama. He was the oldest of four children born to Albert Otis Howze Sr. and Helen Lawson Howze. His mother died when he was five. He had six siblings in total. He grew up with neighbors who were Catholic and attributes his Catholicism to that influence. He attended kindergarten at Most Pure Heart of Mary School in Mobile. He was later transferred to the segregated public schools of Mobile, graduating from Mobile County Secondary School in 1944. Howze originally aspired to become a doctor and studied chemistry, biology, and physics. He graduated from Alabama State Branch Junior College in 1946. In 1948 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Alabama State University. He converted to Catholicism, being fully accepted at age twenty four, taking the name Joseph.[1] He taught science in the public school system and was later hired to teach at St. Monica School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1952.

Catholic Priesthood

After expressing an interest in the priesthood Howze was accepted to study for the priesthood at Christ the King Seminary at St. Bonaventure University in New York (receiving his Doctor of Divinity in 1959), and was ordained for the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 7, 1959.[2] He served as a pastor in Asheville.

On November 8, 1972 Howze was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, and Titular Bishop of Maxita by Pope Paul VI. He was consecrated to the episcopate on January 28, 1973 by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, with Bishops Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D., and Joseph Bernard Brunini serving as co-consecrators. When the Diocese of Biloxi was created in 1977, Howze was appointed as its first bishop. He was the first black bishop in the 20th century to head a diocese in the United States. He retired June 6, 2001 and died January 9, 2019 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi at the age of 95.[3]

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References

"Past Bishops". Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi.
"Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
Joseph Lawson Howze's obituary

External links

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by First Bishop	Bishop of Biloxi 1977–2001	Succeeded by Thomas John Rodi
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson 1973–1977	Succeeded by -

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[diocese-1] "Past Bishops". Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi.

[hierarchy-2] "Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

[3] Joseph Lawson Howze's obituary

Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi
Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Lawson Howze Thomas John Rodi Roger Morin Louis Frederick Kihneman
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Biloxi Parishes:
Education	High schools Our Lady Academy, Bay St. Louis Resurrection High School, Pascagoula Sacred Heart High School, Hattiesburg St. Patrick Catholic High School, Biloxi Saint Stanislaus College, Bay St. Louis Closed schools Mercy Cross High School, Biloxi * St. John High School, Gulfport * * Closed in 2007 and replaced by St. Patrick Catholic High School.
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Ordinaries	Bishops John Mary Joseph Chanche James Oliver Van de Velde William Henry Elder Francis Janssens Thomas Heslin John Edward Gunn Richard Oliver Gerow Joseph Bernard Brunini William Russell Houck Joseph Nunzio Latino Joseph R. Kopacz
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, Jackson Basilica St. Mary Basilica, Natchez Parishes St. Patrick's Church, Meridian Holy Family Church, Natchez
Education	High schools Cathedral High School, Natchez St. Aloysius High School, Vicksburg St. Joseph Catholic High School, Greenville St. Joseph Catholic High School, Madison
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