Family
Howley was a member of a distinguished Newfoundland family. His father, Richard, who had emigrated from Ireland in the early 19th century, was a successful merchant and civil servant. One of his brothers, Thomas Howley, became a doctor. Another brother, James Patrick Howley, was a geologist and author.References
1843 births 1914 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada Roman Catholic archbishops of St. John's, Newfoundland Pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador people Roman Catholic bishops of St. John's, Newfoundland Roman Catholic bishops of Corner Brook and Labrador {{RC-archbishop-stub