Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston (Latin: Archidioecesis Kingstoniensis/Regiopolitanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Canada that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Alexandria-Cornwall, Peterborough, and Sault Sainte Marie.

The Diocese of Kingston was established 27 January 1826 as a suffrigan diocese of the Archdiocese of Quebec and elevated to an archdiocese 28 December 1889.^[1] Prior to 1841 when the Diocese of Toronto was created, the diocese included areas that are now part of the Dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, Thunder Bay and Toronto.^[2]

As of 2004^[update], 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.^[3]

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)

References

External links

• Archdiocese of Kingston — official site