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Dowling, Thomas Joseph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Dowling, Thomas Joseph, Roman Catholic bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, from 1887-89, and of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1889-1924 (b in Shannagh County, Limerick, Ire 28 Feb 1840; d at Hamilton, Ont 6 Aug 1924). |
 | | In 1851 Dowling migrated with his family to Hamilton, where he was ordained at Saint Mary's Cathedral on 5 October 1864. |
 | | He was stationed first in Paris, Ontario, and quickly established himself as a gifted orator, an able financial administrator and a builder priest. |
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