Archdiocese of Kingston
Archdiocese of Kingston | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Diocesan bishop | Michael Mulhall |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Brendan Michael O'Brien |
founding | January 12, 1819 |
surface | 16,500 km² |
Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 347,475 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 126,474 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 36.4% |
Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,733 |
Permanent deacons | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 120 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Website | www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Peterborough Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie |
The Archdiocese of Kingston ( Latin Archidioecesis Regiopolitana , English Archdiocese of Kingston ) is a in Canada situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Kingston .
history
The Archdiocese of Kingston was established on January 12, 1819 by Pope Pius VII from cession of territory from the Diocese of Québec as the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Canada . On January 17, 1826, the Vicariate Apostolic Upper Canada by Pope Leo XII. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Kingston . The Diocese of Kingston gave on December 17, 1841 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Toronto . Further assignments took place on June 25, 1847 to found the Diocese of Bytown and on January 25, 1874 to found the Vicariate Apostolic North Canada . On July 11, 1882, the Diocese of Kingston gave more parts of its territory to the Diocese of Peterborough.
The Diocese of Kingston was on December 28, 1889 by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the archbishopric. On January 21, 1890, the Archdiocese of Kingston gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Upper Canada
- 1819–1826 Alexander Macdonell
Bishops of Kingston
- 1826-1840 Alexander Macdonell
- 1840–1857 Remi Gaulin
- 1857-1857 Patrick Phelan PSS
- 1858–1874 Edward John Horan
- 1875–1879 John O'Brien
- James Vincent Cleary, 1875–1879
Archbishops of Kingston
- 1889-1898 James Vincent Cleary
- 1898–1910 Charles-Hugues Gauthier , then Archbishop of Ottawa
- 1911–1938 Michael Joseph Spratt
- 1938–1943 Richard Michael Joseph O'Brien
- 1944-1966 Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan
- 1966–1982 Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm
- 1982-2002 Francis John Spence
- 2002-2007 Anthony Giroux Meagher
- 2007–2019 Brendan Michael O'Brien
- since 2019 Michael Mulhall
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Kingston (English)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Kingston on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)