The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston ( la, Archidioecesis Kingstoniensis/Regiopolitana) is a Latin

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that includes part of the federal

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in southeastern

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. Its

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archiepiscopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, dedicated to the

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, in

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Ecclesiastical province

Its

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sees are : *

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, daughter *

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History

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. * Promoted as Diocese of Kingston on 27 January 1826, as a suffragan diocese of the (meanwhile promoted)

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. Prior to 1841 when the Diocese of Toronto was created, the diocese included areas that are now part of the Dioceses of

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, Saint Catharines,

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and

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. * Lost territory repeatedly : on 1841.12.17 to establish Diocese of Toronto, on 1847.06.25 to establish

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, on 1874.01.25 to establish

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(now suffragan Diocese of Peterborough) and on 1882.07.11 lost territory to the existent Diocese of Peterborough; * Promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston on 28 December 1889. * Lost territory again on 1890.01.21 to establish the

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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. , 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.

Bishops

(all

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)

Bishops of the diocese

;''Apostolic Vicar of Upper Canada'' * Alexander MacDonell (born Scotland, UK) (1819.01.12 – 27 January 1826 ''see below'')

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(1819.01.12 – 1826.01.27) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Kingston :'' * Alexander MacDonell (''see above'' 27 January 1826 – death 1840) *

Rémi Gaulin Rémi Gaulin (30 June 1787 – 8 May 1857) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop who spent time in the service of Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis. Plessis ordained Gaulin in 1811 and appointed him curate to Alexander MacDonell in Upper Canada ...

(first Canadian incumbent) (1840.01.14 – death 1857.05.08), succeeding as former

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of Kingston (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14) and Titular Bishop of

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(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

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

of Chrysopolis in Arabia (1874.06.16 – died 1875.02.15) * John O'Brien (1875.02.12 – death 1879.08.01) *

James Vincent Cleary James Vincent Cleary (18 September 1828 – 24 February 1898) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario. Biography Cleary was born on 18 September 1828, in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland, to Thomas and Ma ...

(1880.10.01 – 1889.12.28 ''see below'') (born Ireland) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Kingston :'' *

(''see above'' 1889.12.28 – death 1898.02.24) * Charles-Hughes Gauthier (1898.07.29 – 1910.09.06), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(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),

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(1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23) as

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of Kingston (Canada) (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23) *

Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan (November 29, 1886 – June 6, 1972) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charlottetown (1931–44) and Archbishop of Kingston (1944–66). Biography Joseph O'Sullivan was born in Hamilto ...

(1944.02.26 – 1966.12.14), previously Bishop of

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(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) *

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(1982.04.24 – retired 2002.04.27), also

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(1986.07.21 – 1987.10.28), President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1995 – 1997); previously

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(1967.04.01 – 1970.08.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of the

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(1967.04.01 – 1970.08.17), Bishop of

(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

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(Canada) (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27) * Brendan Michael O'Brien (1 June 2007 – 2019), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Canada) (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05), Bishop of Pembroke (Canada) (1993.05.05 – 2000.12.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Canada) (2000.12.04 – 2007.06.01), President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2003 – 2005). * Michael Mulhall (2019.03.28 - ).

Coadjutor bishops

Thomas Weld Thomas Weld may refer to: * Thomas Welde (1594/5–1661), first minister of the First Church of Roxbury, Massachusetts * Thomas Weld (of Lulworth) (1750–1810), of Lulworth castle, Catholic philanthropist * Thomas Weld (cardinal) Thomas W ...

(1826-1830), did not succeed to the see; future Cardinal * John Larkin (1832; did not take effect) * John Murdoch (1833; did not take effect) *

(1833-1840) * Patrick Phelan, P.S.S. (1843-1852; apostolic administrator, 1852-1857) * Michael Joseph O'Brien (1929-1938) ;Other priest of this diocese who became Bishop : * Fergus Patrick McEvay, appointed Bishop of London in 1899

References

Sources and external links

Archdiocese of Kingston
— official site *

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