Later Life and Death
After forty years as archbishop, Howard retired on December 9, 1966; he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Albulae by Pope Paul VI on the same date. He served as Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese until the installation of his successor, Robert Joseph Dwyer.
Howard spent his retirement at Maryville Nursing Home in Beaverton, where he died at age 105. He is interred at Mount Calvary Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Catholic prelate in the world.
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