Background
HOWLETT, Martin was born on May 3, 1863 in Inistioge, Company Kilkenny. 2nd surviving son of John Howlett, Justice of the Peace, of Russellstown House, Company Kilkenny.
HOWLETT, Martin was born on May 3, 1863 in Inistioge, Company Kilkenny. 2nd surviving son of John Howlett, Justice of the Peace, of Russellstown House, Company Kilkenny.
St. Gregory’s, Downside, Bath. Pontifical Roman Seminary and Academia of Noble Ecclesiastics, Rome. Doctor of Divinity; Doctor of Philosophy.
Doctor of Laws.
Ordained priest by Cardinal Parocchi, 1886. Appointed secretary by Leo XIII. to Cardinal Satolli for the opening of the Washington University and the Centenary of the American Hierarchy. Made Cameriere Segreto to His (or Her) Highness Pope Leo, 1890.
Rector of Our Lady and St. Joseph, Kingsland, 1892-1905. Administrator of Westminster Cathedral since 1905, and Editor of the Westminster Cathedral Chronicle; private Chamberlain to Pope Pius X.; Canon of Westminister Cathedral, 1908.