| LC control no. | n 2018062899 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Howze, Joseph, 1923-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Howze, Lawson, 1923-2019 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Biloxi (Miss.) Natchez (Miss.) Jackson (Miss.) |
| Located | Mobile (Ala.) Gautier (Miss.) |
| Birth date | 1923-08-30 |
| Death date | 2019-01-09 |
| Place of birth | Daphne (Ala.) |
| Place of death | Ocean Springs (Miss.) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church. Diocese of Biloxi (Miss.) Catholic Church. Diocese of Natchez-Jackson |
| Profession or occupation | Bishops Priests |
| Found in | HistoryMakers WWW site, October 31, 2018 Bishop Joseph Howze biography (Joseph Lawson Howze; born Lawson Howze on August 30, 1923 in Daphne, Alabama; bishop) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 23, 2019 (in obituary published Jan. 22: Joseph Howze; b. Lawson Howze, Aug. 30, 1923, Daphne, Ala.; grew up Baptist; after graduating from high school in Mobile, studied science and education at Alabama State University in Montgomery, earning his degree in 1948; then taught science at a Mobile high school, where a student piqued his interest in Catholicism; he was baptized into the church with the name Joseph that year; d. Jan. 9, Ocean Springs, Miss., aged 95; lived in Gautier, Miss.; first African-American bishop appointed to preside over a Roman Catholic diocese in the 20th century and an advocate for blacks within the church; ordained priest in 1959, then served as the pastor for several North Carolina parishes; named an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson in 1973; Bishop of Biloxi, 1977-2001) Catholic-Hierarchy WWW site, viewed Jan. 23, 2019 (Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze; b. Aug. 30, 1923, Daphne, Ala.; converted, Dec. 4, 1948; ordained priest, May 7, 1959, Diocese of Raleigh; appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson and Titular Bishop of Maxita, Nov. 8, 1972; ordained bishop, Jan. 28, 1973; appointed Bishop of Biloxi, Mar. 8, 1977; installed, June 6, 1977; retired, May 15, 2001; d. Jan. 9, 2019, Ocean Springs, Miss.) |
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