Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston, Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kingston / Kingstonien(sis) (Latin) / Regiopolitan(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Peterborough, Sault Sainte Marie

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 4 (1848)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1819.01.12: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Canada (from Diocese of Québec)
1826.01.27: Promoted as Diocese of Kingston / Kingstonien(sis) (Latin) / Regiopolitan(us) (Latin)
1826.02.14: Without ecclesiastical province
1841.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Toronto
1844.07.12: Became suffragan of Québec
1847.06.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bytown
1870.03.18: Became suffragan of Toronto
1874.01.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Canada
1882.07.11: Lost territory to Diocese of Peterborough
1889.12.28: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston / Kingstonien(sis) (Latin) / Regiopolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan see Peterborough)
1890.01.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Alexandria in America and gained suffragan see Alexandria in America
1904.09.16: Gained suffragan see Sault Sainte Marie
2020.05.06: Lost suffragan see Alexandria–Cornwall

Contact Info

Address: Catholic Diocesan Centre, 390 Palace Road, Kingston, ON K7L 4T3, Canada

Phone: +1 (613) 548-4461

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.03.28 – ...):

Archbishop Michael Mulhall (62)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kingston (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Michael Mulhall (62)
(2019.03.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)

Fiduciam habemus apud Deum

Born:	1962.02.25 (Peterborough, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.21

Priest of Peterborough (Canada) (1989.07.02 – 2007.06.30)

Bishop of Pembroke (Canada) (2007.06.30 – 2019.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (2019.03.28 – ...)

Archbishop Brendan Michael O’Brien (81)
(2007.06.01 – 2019.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston (Canada)

Redimere tempus

Born:	1943.09.28 (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.06.29

Priest of Ottawa (Canada) (1968.06.01 – 1987.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Numana (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05)

Auxiliary Bishop 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)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (2007.06.01 – 2019.03.28)

Archbishop Anthony Giroux Meagher
(2002.04.27 – 2007.01.14)

Born:	1940.11.17 (Oshawa, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.26
Died:	2007.01.14 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Dura (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (2002.04.27 – 2007.01.14)

Archbishop Francis John Spence
(1982.04.24 – 2002.04.27)

In caritate servire

Born:	1926.06.03 (Perth, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1950.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.15
Died:	2011.07.27 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Nova (1967.04.01 – 1970.08.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of Canada (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)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1982.04.24 – 2002.04.27)

Military Ordinary of Canada (Canada) (1986.07.21 – 1987.10.28)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1995 – 1997)

Archbishop Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm
(1966.12.14 – 1982.03.12)

Born:	1909.11.16 (Walkerton, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.22
Died:	1995.06.25 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Saccæa (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1963.06.25 – 1966.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1966.12.14 – 1982.03.12)

Archbishop Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan
(1944.02.26 – 1966.12.14)

Sola regnet caritas

Born:	1886.11.29 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1911.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.05.07
Died:	1972.06.06 († 85)

Bishop of Charlottetown (Canada) (1931.02.06 – 1944.02.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1944.02.26 – 1966.12.14)

Titular Archbishop of Maraguia (1966.12.14 – 1970.11.23)

Archbishop Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien
(1938.02.23 – 1943.08.30)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:	1874.07.29 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1897.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.09.24
Died:	1943.08.30 († 69)

Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (1913.06.20 – 1929.05.17)

Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1938.02.23 – 1943.08.30)

Archbishop Michael Joseph Spratt
(1911.07.17 – 1938.02.23)

Regis ad exemplum

Born:	1854.04.16 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1882.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.11.30
Died:	1938.02.23 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1911.07.17 – 1938.02.23)

Archbishop Charles-Hugues Gauthier
(1898.07.29 – 1910.09.06)

In fide et lenitate

Born:	1843.11.13 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1867.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.10.18
Died:	1922.01.19 († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1898.07.29 – 1910.09.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1910.09.06 – 1922.01.19)

Archbishop James Vincent Cleary
(1889.12.28 – 1898.02.24)

Pro Deo ecclesia et patria

Born:	1828.09.18 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1851.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.01.05
Died:	1898.02.24 († 69)

Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1880.10.01 – 1889.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1889.12.28 – 1898.02.24)

Bishops of Kingston (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Vincent Cleary (later Archbishop)
(1880.10.01 – 1889.12.28)

(see above)

Bishop John O’Brien
(1875.02.12 – 1879.08.01)

In cruce salus

Born:	1832.02.19 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1856.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.04.18
Died:	1879.08.01 († 47)

Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1875.02.12 – 1879.08.01)

Bishop Edward John Horan
(1858.01.08 – 1874.05.28)

Born:	1817.10.26 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1842.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1858.05.01
Died:	1875.02.15 († 57)

Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1858.01.08 – 1874.05.28)

Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia (1874.06.16 – 1875.02.15)

Bishop Patrick Phelan, P.S.S.
(1857.05.08 – 1857.06.07)

Born:	1795.02.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1825.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.08.20
Died:	1857.06.07 († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1843.02.20 – 1852)

Titular Bishop of Charræ (1843.02.20 – 1857.05.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1852 – 1857.05.08)

Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1857.05.08 – 1857.06.07)

Bishop Rémi Gaulin
(1840.01.14 – 1857.05.08)

Born:	1787.06.30 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1811.10.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1833.10.20
Died:	1857.05.08 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Tabraca (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14)

Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1840.01.14 – 1857.05.08)

Bishop Alexander MacDonell
(1826.01.27 – 1840.01.14)

Born:	1762.07.17 (Glen Urquhart, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1787.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.12.31
Died:	1840.01.14 (Dumfries, Scotland † 77)

Titular Bishop of Resaina (1819.01.12 – 1826.01.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Canada (Canada) (1819.01.12 – 1826.01.27)

Bishop of Kingston (Canada) (1826.01.27 – 1840.01.14)

Vicars Apostolic of Upper Canada (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexander MacDonell
(1819.01.12 – 1826.01.27)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Richard Michael Joseph O’Brien (1929.05.17 – 1938.02.23)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Patrick Phelan, P.S.S. (1852 – 1857.05.08)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Rémi Gaulin (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14)
Coadjutor Bishop: Fr. John Murdoch (later Bishop) (1833.03.08 – 1833.04)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Thomas Weld (later Cardinal) (1826.05.23 – 1830.03.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patrick Phelan, P.S.S. (1843.02.20 – 1852)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Kingston, Ontario

Churches by City (71)

Peterborough (←), Pembroke (↑), Ottawa–Cornwall (↗), Ogdensburg (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,500 km²

Population: 137,200 Catholics (36.4% of 377,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 49 parishes

Personnel: 73 priests (64 diocesan, 9 religious), 30 deacons, 91 religious (9 brothers, 82 sisters), 3 seminarians