Denis Matthew Lowney
Denis Matthew Lowney (June 1, 1863 – August 13, 1918) served as an American Roman Catholic bishop.
Biography[]
Born in Castletown Bearhaven,[citation needed] Ireland, Lowney was educated in Fall River,[where?] and attended colleges in St. Laurent, Canada, and Manhattan, New York City. He completed his seminary studies at the Grand Seminary in Montreal and was ordained on December 17, 1887.[1]
On August 24, 1917, he was named titular bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoraide and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence and was consecrated on October 23, 1917. He died after less than a year in office.[2]
References[]
- ^ Rt Rev Dennis M Lowney Diocese of Providence.
- ^ Denis Matthew Lowney
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Episcopal succession[]
Categories:
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- 1856 births
- 1917 deaths
- Clergy from Providence, Rhode Island
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- American Roman Catholic bishop stubs