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.
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 [1].
It was created out of the Archdiocese of Quebec.[2]
[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)
- Brendan Michael O'Brien (2007-present)
[edit] References
- ^ *Archdiocese of Kingston Catholic-Hierarchy retrieved July 13, 2006
- ^ Kingston. Catholic Encyclopedia.
[edit] External links
- Archdiocese of Kingston — official site
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