Thomas Joseph Dowling

Thomas Joseph Dowling (28 February 1840 – 6 August 1924) was a Canadian Catholic priest and the second Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Peterborough and the fourth Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario.

Thomas Joseph Dowling
Bishop of Peterborough
Diocese	Hamilton
Installed	1889
Term ended	1924
Predecessor	James Joseph Carbery
Successor	John Thomas McNally
Other post(s)	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario (1886–1889)
Orders
Ordination	August 7, 1864
Consecration	May 1, 1887
Personal details
Born	(1840-02-28)February 28, 1840 Shanagolden, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	August 6, 1924(1924-08-06) (aged 84) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Buried	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Education	St Michael's College, Toronto
Coat of arms

Biography

He was born in Ireland, and educated at St. Michael's College, Toronto. He was parish-priest at Paris, Ontario, for 22 years, administrator of the diocese of Hamilton in 1883, he was named bishop of Peterborough in 1887 and on May 1, received his episcopal consecration at St. Mary's Cathedral, Hamilton,^[1] from Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M., with Bishops James Joseph Carbery and Thomas Timothy O'Mahony serving as co-consecrators. He was transferred to the bishopric of Hamilton in 1889.

References

1. Spetz, Theobald (1916). . Catholic Register and Extension. p. 219. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015.

• Stortz, Gerald J. (2005). "Dowling, Thomas Joseph". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
• Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Dowling, The Right Reverend Thomas J." . The New Student's Reference Work . Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co. p. 547.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry^{[self-published source]}