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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston (Canada)

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

Archidioecesis Kingstonensis
Archidioecesis Regiopolitana
Coat of Arms
Location
Country Canada
TerritoryEastern Ontario, St. Lawrence Valley
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Kingston
Population
- Catholics

117,800 (36.7%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1 December 1819
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral
Patron saintSt. Mary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMichael Mulhall
Website
romancatholic.kingston.on.ca

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

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

Ecclesiastical province

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Its suffragan sees are:

History

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Statistics

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As of 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.[3]

As of 2004, the archdiocese has 52 parishes, 79 active diocesan priests, 7 religious priests and 120,000 Catholics, 165 Women Religious, 11 Religious Brothers and 17 permanent deacons.[4]

Bishops

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Bishops of the diocese

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Apostolic Vicar of Upper Canada
  • Alexander MacDonell (born Scotland, UK) (1819.01.12 – 27 January 1826 see below) Titular Bishop of Resaina (1819.01.12 – 1826.01.27)
Suffragan Bishops of Kingston :
Metropolitan Archbishops of Kingston :

Coadjutor bishops

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Other priest of this diocese who became Bishop

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kingston". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "History of the Archdiocese". Archdiocese of Kingston. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b c http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/king0.htm GCatholic
  4. ^ *Archdiocese of Kingston Catholic-Hierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006
  5. ^ Price, Brian J. (1990). "Cleary, James Vincent". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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44°14′13″N 76°30′53″W / 44.23694°N 76.51472°W / 44.23694; -76.51472