Edward Howard (bishop)

Edward Daniel Howard (November 5, 1877 – January 2, 1983) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] His father, who was born in Ireland but immigrated to the United States as a child, served during the Civil War with the 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was wounded at the Siege of Vicksburg.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on April 8, 1924, from Archbishop Austin Dowling, with Bishops Daniel Gorman and Thomas Drumm serving as co-consecrators, at St. Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque.

[5] During his tenure as archbishop, Howard created a chancery in the cathedral rectory, later transferring it to a separate building.

[2] In 1931, Howard led a successful campaign to repeal local zoning ordinances that prohibited the building of churches and parochial schools.

[2] In 1939, he founded Central Catholic High School in Portland and was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne by Pope Pius XII in 1939.