History of the Archdiocese

Most Rev. Michael Mulhall
Archbishop of Kingston, 3 May 2019

Born:  25 February 1962
Ordination to the Priesthood:  21 July 1989
Named Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario:  30 June 2007
Installed as Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario:  21 September 2007
Named Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario:  30 March 2019
Installed as Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario:  3 May 2019

Diocese of Kingston – 27 January 1826

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kingston
28 December 1889

Total population – 315,000
Catholic population – 116,500

Diocesan Priests – 63
Religious Priests – 11
Religious Women – 110
Deacons – 27

Parishes – 50
Churches / Chapels – 85

Communities in the Archdiocese

• Conventual Franciscans
• Oblates of Mary Immaculate
• Oblates of the Sacred Heart 
• Redemptorists
• Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy
• Sisters of Charity
• Congregation of Notre Dame Sisters
• Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul
• Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph
• Sisters of Service

• Alexander MacDonell †

• Rémi Gaulin †

• Patrick Phelan, P.S.S. †

• Edward John Horan †

• John O’Brien †

• James Vincent Cleary †

• Charles Hugh Gauthier †

• Michael Joseph Spratt † 

• Michael Joseph O’Brien †

• Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan † 

• Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm †

• Francis John Spence †

• Anthony Giroux Meagher † (

• Brendan Michael O’Brien †

• Michael Mulhall †