Installed 1889 Died August 6, 1924 Consecration May 1, 1887 | Successor John Thomas McNally Ordination August 7, 1864 Name Thomas Dowling Term ended 1924 | |
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Other posts Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario (1886-1889) Buried Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario | ||
Thomas Joseph Dowling (28 February 1840 – 6 August 1924) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough and the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario.
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, 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.
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