Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Alexandria-Cornwall, Peterborough, and Sault Sainte Marie. Before 1841, the archdiocese included suffragan dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, Thunder Bay and Toronto. It is currently a vacant see since Archbishop Anthony G. Meagher's death on January 14, 2007 [1].

As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 52 parishes, 79 active diocesan priests, 7 religious priests, and 120,000 Catholics. It also has 165 Women Religious, 11 Religious Brothers, and 17 permanent deacons [2].

It was created out of the Archdiocese of Quebec.[3]

[edit] Residential bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Kingston and their terms of service:

  • Alexander MacDonell (1826-1840)
  • Rémi Gaulin (1840-1857)
  • Patrick Phelan (1857)
  • Edward John Horan (1858-1874) [1]
  • John O'Brien (1875-1879)
  • James Vincent Cleary (1880-1898) [2]
  • Charles-Hughes Gauthier (1898-1910)
  • Michael Joseph Spratt (1911-1938)
  • Richard Michael Joseph O'Brien (1938-1943)
  • Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan (1944-1966)
  • Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1966-1982)
  • Francis John Spence (1982-2002)
  • Anthony G. Meager (2002-2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Archdiocese of Kingston official site
  2. ^ *Archdiocese of Kingston Catholic-Hierarchy retrieved July 13, 2006
  3. ^ Kingston. Catholic Encyclopedia.
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