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lATE ARCHBISHOP HO:JIEY
By the dee th of tho late Host Rev. Michael Francis Hovkey, Archbishop of St.
Johnt s , October 15t h. , the Colony Los e s a great Chur-chman and great patriot .
Admirably filling in the eyes of hla co-religionists the exalted
po st of Primate
of their Chur-ch in Ne....foundkan d ,
he occupied no 1 0B9 pr-cednent, a place 1n tbe minds
of the peopI e of all oIasse e by the st er ling qua l ity of his cdtds e ns hf p , his unqu
eat.Loned
patriotism an d t he earnestnes s a nd sincerity vh fcb he .brought to every
form of public e ndeavor. And not the l ea s t t .r-fbut.e to hi.!'! worth i n a l l r-espect.a
wa s the spect.ecIe presented at his funeral ob sequies, when de'legat.Lone of
c l ergymen
r -epr e sentdng all the Pr ot est ant Churches in NeW'foundland ....ere f ncluded among
the official mourners, who occu pfed p'lace s i n the Roman C!ltholic Cat.bedra'l, and
Io'l.Ioved hie: remains to their I ast, r -e-st dng place .Ln Belvedere .
Hi chae l Fz -encd s Howley ve s born 1n St. Jobnt e on Se pt.embe r- 25th . , 1843 , in
the f amily hoae no .... the r-eeddenc e of the Christian Dr ot r.e r tl of t ho Orphanage at
Haun t Cash e I in the suburbs of the City. He vee a son of Richar(l'Ho\Jley, oft native
of Gkangocde , Tipperary, vbo he d e mi grated here about A hun dr-ed year-s ago , end who
e n t. ,. bli ~ hfll d ~ e er-cant.f Le beefneee i n the city and oper-ated 8 b !':i? far l4 i n t.be •
suburbe , The future cleric ve s one of 8 ra~jJy of thirte en , of 1 0m anI,.. two nO\l- 'i: "-.""~~
survive , hil" brother Jame s P . Hovkey, Geological Surveyor , end his edater-, Hiss
Anni e Hov'ley,
Destined , like his brother Richerd, who died t vo yee r-e ago, for t~ prieRthood
, he vee eent, to Roae a e a youth a fter pr eliminary studies at St. Bonev entuz-e t s
College i n this city; and i n du e cour-s e ....RR ordained prde st, at Pr-opaga nda Colleg e
in 186 8 . ile wa s chose n ae Iecr-et.er-y by Ar-chbf shop Eyr e , of G hSl~ow, Rn(l rerv...d on
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th~ Scotch mia:tion vt th hill for twelve I'\cmth:1i but while at Rome with him for th",
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