Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Canada

Archdiocese of Kingston
Archidioecesis Kingstonensis
Archidioecesis Regiopolitana
Location
Country  Canada
Territory Eastern Ontario, St. Lawrence Valley
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Kingston
Metropolitan Kingston, Ontario
Population
- Catholics
117,800 (36.7%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established December 28, 1889
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral
Patron saint St. Mary
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Brendan Michael O'Brien
Website
romancatholic.kingston.on.ca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston (Latin: Archidioecesis Kingstoniensis/Regiopolitana) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the federal Province of Ontario in southeastern Canada.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Kingston, Ontario.

Ecclesiastical province

Its suffragan sees are :

History

[1]

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 123,800 Catholics (36.4% of 340,000 total) on 16,500 km² in 50 parishes with 79 priests (70 diocesan, 9 religious), 29 deacons, 149 lay religious (9 brothers, 140 sisters) and 5 seminarians.[4]

As of 2004, the archdiocese hads 52 parishes, 79 active diocesan priests, 7 religious priests and 120,000 Catholics, 165 Women Religious, 11 Religious Brothers and 17 permanent deacons.[5]

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) [6]

Apostolic Vicar of Upper Canada
Suffragan Bishops of Kingston :
  • Alexander MacDonell (see above 27 January 1826 – death 1840)
  • Rémi Gaulin (first Canadian incumbent) (1840.01.14 – death 1857.05.08), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14) and Titular Bishop of Tabraca (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Charræ (1843.02.20 – 1857.05.08) and first Auxiliary Bishop of Kingston (1843.02.20 – 1852), then Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (1852 – 1857.05.08)
  • Patrick Phelan (born Ireland) (1857.05.08 – death 1857.06.07)
  • Edward John Horan (1858.01.08 – retired 1874.05.28), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia (1874.06.16 – died 1875.02.15)
  • John O'Brien (1875.02.12 – death 1879.08.01)
  • James Vincent Cleary (1880.10.01 – 1889.12.28 see below) (born Ireland)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Kingston 
  • James Vincent Cleary (see above 1889.12.28 – death 1898.02.24)[7]
  • Charles-Hughes Gauthier (1898.07.29 – 1910.09.06), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) (1910.09.06 – death 1922.01.19)
  • Michael Joseph Spratt (1911.07.17 – death 1938.02.23)
  • Richard Michael Joseph O'Brien (1938.02.23 – death 1943.08.30), previously Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (1913.06.20 – 1929.05.17), Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23)
  • Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan (1944.02.26 – 1966.12.14), previously Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada) (1931.02.06 – 1944.02.26); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Maraguia (1966.12.14 – resigned 1970.11.23), died 1972
  • Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm (1966.12.14 – resigned 1982.03.12), died 1995; previously Titular Bishop of Saccæa (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Calgary (BC, Canada) (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14)
  • Francis John Spence (1982.04.24 – retired 2002.04.27), also Military Ordinary of Canada (1986.07.21 – 1987.10.28), President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1995 – 1997); previously Titular Bishop of Nova (1967.04.01 – 1970.08.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Canada (1967.04.01 – 1970.08.17), Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada) (1970.08.17 – 1982.03.14), Military Vicar of Canada (Canada) (1982.03.14 – 1986.07.21); died 2011
  • Anthony G. Meager (2002.04.27 – death 2007.01.14), previously Titular Bishop of Dura (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Toronto (Canada) (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27)
  • Brendan Michael O'Brien (1 June 2007 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of Numana (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Ottawa (Canada) (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05), Bishop of Pembroke (Canada) (1993.05.05 – 2000.12.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (2000.12.04 – 2007.06.01), President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2003 – 2005).

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/king0.htm GCatholic
  2. ↑ "Kingston". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  3. ↑ "History of the Archdiocese". Archdiocese of Kingston. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/king0.htm GCatholic
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/king0.htm GCatholic
  7. ↑ Price, Brian J. (1990). "Cleary, James Vincent". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  • Archdiocese of Kingston — official site
  •  Quinn, Stanley John (1910). "Archdiocese of Kingston". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • GCatholic, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections

Coordinates: 44°14′13″N 76°30′53″W / 44.23694°N 76.51472°W / 44.23694; -76.51472

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