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of ~,t . John 's, an d ret ur ned her-e with him in the flame capacd.t.y, He se r-ved for BO!'! e
years in ft . John' f' and then \l3S ca l led to St. Geor-g e ! e e a As~i5tant t o the late
Rt . Rev. Mer . Sea r-a, the Prefec t Apostolic of t he "' e~t Coast . Her-e he s erved for
some years, ex ce pting one wint~r , vb en , o\lin~ to ft br eakdown in hea lth he did duty
as Curate at Harbor Br eton un der i t s t .he n pa st.o r , Hgr-, Rea rdon , of Pka centde ,
On the death of Her . Seer-s i n 188 5, Dr . Hov'ley vas named his eucce ee or a nd i n
1~2 , when St . George ' s ve e e l ev ated t o 8. Vic::lr iate , he va s co ns ecr-at.ed ito first
prelate \lith t be t itl e of Bdehop of ArnRst rio 1n infidel per-t. s , i n the C a th~dra l a t
St. John1tl, by t he I at.e Bdshop Poy e r , on St. John's Day , J une 24t h . , in t tmt Y~ 8r ,
the a s s i sti ng Pr elates being Bishop P'.acdonald ,
of Har bor Grace , and Bdebop
Nclrone I d , of Charl otte town , Princ e Edward La Land ,
Litt l e mor e t.han t wo ye ars l a t er ,
a f ter t he de eth of Bd.ebop Pover , in th'!! Fa l l
of 1894, Dr . Howl ey v28 t ransferred to St . John I S 88 his su cceasot- a nn va s installed
in the CQthen ral on Feby , 22nd . , 1S95 . Nfne year:'! Iat.er-, in Februar y 1904,
Ite'otfoundland W8 8 eleva t ed to a n Ecck e sdast.f ca L Pr-ovdnc e , Bishop Hov'ley be f.ng
crea t ed Ar chbishop And fir:'!t
M'!!tr opollta n of the Pr-ovdnce , t he r a l l win , or- inaicn=
ia of an Archbi~hop , be i ng confe r-r-ed on him. by the La t.e Bi~ho? Fficdonaln i n Jul y
of that y~ar .
r'r . Hovkey va s thus '~ho'! r;rst " fO!.";'~!,d l!i!ld '! r 0.[ "H:'e C a t holtF ft l ~ h to }j.,
elevate d t o t he Bdeboprd c and likewi se t o t he Archbishopic , a nd he had the ea t.Le-.
faction , befor e he di ed , of ee ef ng t h., other- t wo See e filled by na t dve s of the
Colony a e 'Well a a hdmne Lf __Bdebop Het-ch of Har-bor- Grace a nd Bi shnp Power at St .
George 1 e ,
Durinr. hill La bor-s on t h O! ~ ! e s t Coast, LT. Howl ey proved hfme eIf nn ene r-ge t dc
ami capabl e Qc1r.'li ni~trRt.or , one vho \185 constant i n hi ~ e f'f'c r-t.s t o pr-oact.e the
mat er-LeL e e well A,~ U .... ~p l rl t.u 9 l ve Lf'e r-e of h i ~ flock . He b1li1t t he CJlt.hed r Ml ,