Edward T. Lawton, OP (October 12, 1913 – December 19, 1966) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church.
[1] He entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky and he made his first profession of vows on August 16, 1937.
[2] Lawton's first assignment as a priest was teaching at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois where he remained until 1951.
[1][2] On June 16, 1964 Pope Paul VI appointed Lawton as the first Bishop of Sokoto.
of Jos and Auxiliary Bishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey of Lagos.