Joseph Lawson Edward Howze was an African-American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Biloxi from 1977 to 2001, and was the first openly Black Catholic bishop of an American diocese. Wikipedia
Born: August 30, 1923, Daphne, AL
Died: January 9, 2019 (age 95 years), Ocean Springs, MS
Diocese: Biloxi
Installed: June 6, 1977
Joseph Lawson Edward Howze was an African-American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Biloxi from 1977 to 2001, ...
Religious leader Bishop Joseph Howze, bishop emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, was the first black Catholic bishop appointed in the twentieth century.
Jan 9, 2019 ˇ Bishop Howze retired May 15, 2001, after serving as bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi for 24 years. He loved the Diocese of Biloxi and prayed ...
Jan 10, 2019 ˇ Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi and the first Black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. ...
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze †. Deceased. Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. Events. Date, Age, Event, Title.
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the first black bishop to lead a diocese in the United States in the 20th century, died Wednesday, January 9 at the age of 95 ...
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, D.D., (August 30, 1923 – January 9, 2019), was the first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Biloxi. He was born Lawson Howze and ...
Jan 11, 2019 ˇ Bishop Emeritus Joseph Lawson Howze, the first black bishop to lead a diocese in the United States in the 20th Century, and founding bishop ...
Jan 9, 2019 ˇ BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - ...