Archdiocese of Kingston

The archdiocese of Kingston , in the Canadian province of the Ontario, was canonically set up the December 28th 1889 by the pope Leon XIII. It had been set up before in apostolic Vicariat of the High-Canada starting from the diocese of Quebec the January 12th 1819 and in diocese the January 27th 1826. The seat archiépiscopale is with the Cathédrale of Sainte-Marie of the Immaculate-Design of Kingston. Its archbishop is Mgr Brendan Mr. O' Brien. The highly skilled bishop of Kingston is Mgr Francis John Spence.

This diocese is one of the oldest catholic dioceses in Canada. The first catholic inhabitants to populate the territory diocesan were the soldiers of the Scottish regiment of Glengarry in 1804. The first seminar diocesan, known as college of Iona, is built with Saint-Raphaël by the MacDonell bishop.

The Collège régiopolis of Kingston is then built in 1838. It is in Kingston that the newspaper The Catholic was founded, first catholic newspaper of English language in Canada. The diocese of Kingston must yield territory in 1841 to set up the diocese of Toronto, in 1847 to set up the Diocèse of Bytown, in 1874 to set up the apostolic Vicariat of Canadian north, in 1882 to set up the Diocèse of Peterborough and in 1890 to set up the Diocèse of Alexandria in Ontario.

In 2007, the archdiocese of Kingston counts 79 priests diocesans, ten religious priests, 183 permanent nuns and 18 deacons with the service of a population of almost 117  000 catholics divided in 71 parishes and missions.

Bishops and Archbishops

Religious orders in the history of the diocese

  • Fathers of the Congregation of Marie

  • Sisters of the Charity of Providence
  • Sisters of mercy of Saint-Joseph
  • Sisters of Notre-Dame

External bond

  • Web site of the archdiocese of Kingston

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