Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Howard, Archbishop Edward D. November 5, 1877 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 361 - 362
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     ARCHBISHOP EDWARD D. HOWARD.  Few men of his years have been accorded the 
honor and distinction — worthily won — that has come to Edward D. Howard in 
his advancement to the archbishopric of the Oregon City Archdiocese in Oregon. 
Residing in Portland, he is from this point directing the labors of the 
ecclesiastical organization which has been developed in the state, and his 
love of humanity and his deep and unfaltering devotion and consecration to his 
work have been the basic elements of the splendid results achieved.  He has 
here continued his labors uninterruptedly since August, 1926. His life story 
had its beginning in Cresco, Iowa, his natal day being November 5, 1877. His 
parents were John and Marie (Fleming) Howard, the father devoting his life to 
the occupation of farming. The son Edward was born and reared on his father's 
farm and his early education was acquired in the public schools of his native 
state. Subsequently he continued his studies in the preparatory department of 
Columbia College at Dubuque, Iowa, and next entered St. Mary's College at St. 
Mary's, Kansas. In further preparation for holy orders he then enrolled as a 
student in St. Paul Seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota, from which he was 
graduated and ordained to the priesthood on the 12th of June, 1906.

     In September of the same year Archbishop Howard became a faculty member 
of Columbia College at Dubuque, Iowa, in which he first filled the chair of 
Latin and Greek, while later he served as prefect of studies and dean of the 
college, becoming president of that institution in 1921 and continuing at its 
head until consecrated a bishop on the 8th of April, 1924. His pronounced 
ability as an educator is well demonstrated in the fact that during the 
eighteen years of his connection with Columbia College he rose from a 
professorship to the presidency and under his guidance the school grew and 
developed, becoming one of the strong institutions of learning of the Catholic 
church in the middle west. He retired from the presidency of Columbia to 
accept the position of auxiliary bishop of the Davenport (Iowa) diocese and 
there continued his labors until April, 1926, when he was appointed 
archibishop of the Oregon city diocese, with headquarters in Portland. In 
August of that year he assumed the duties of this high office, succeeding the 
late Archbishop Christie. His life, strong and purposeful, actuated by the 
highest ideals of service to mankind, has indeed been a contributing factor to 
the growth of the Roman Catholic church, as well as a most beneficial 
influence among those with whom he has been brought in contact.

     His Grace has always manifested an active and helpful interest in civic 
affairs of Portland and lends the weight of his influence in support of all 
projects looking toward the growth and development of his adopted state. He is 
a member of the board of the Red Cross Chapter of the Portland Chamber of 
Commerce and the Arlington Club. One of the outstanding prelates of this part 
of the country, his record constitutes an important chapter in church annals. 
Assuming his diocesan duties here, he has closely studied the situation and 
its possibilities and is laboring along constructive lines that are manifest 
in the continued growth and development of the church.

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