Office of the Archbishop

Most Rev. Michael Mulhall
Archbishop of Kingston

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
 

Most Reverend Michael Mulhall was born in Peterborough, Ontario, on February 25, 1962, one of five children of Vernon and Maureen Mulhall. He received his elementary and secondary education in Peterborough and then studied at Trent University where he obtained his B.A. in 1985. He pursued theological studies in Rome at the Angelicum (S.T.B.—1988) and at the Augustinianum (S.T.L.—1991) while following the formation program at the North American College.

Bishop Mulhall was ordained to the Priesthood for the Diocese of Peterborough on july 21, 1989. From 1991 to 1994, he served in Huntsville. From 1994 to 2002, he served as an official of the Holy See in the Congregation for Oriental Churches. Returning to his native diocese in 2002, he served again briefly in Huntsville and then in Hastings.

In 2003, he was given added responsibilities as Chancellor for Spiritual Affairs and in 2004, as Vicar General of the Diocese of Peterborough. He occupied these positions until June 30, 2007, when he was appointed Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, by Pope Benedict XVI. He was ordained as the eighth Bishop of Pembroke in St. Columbkille’s Cathedral, Pembroke, Ontario, on September 21, 2007 by the Most Reverend Luigi Ventura, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada.

Named Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario:  30 March 2019
Installed as Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario:  3 May 2019

Most Reverend Brendan Michael O’Brien
Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston

Born: 28 September 1943, Ottawa, Ontario
Ordination to the Priesthood: 1 June 1968, Ottawa, Ontario

Named Bishop of Numana /Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario: 9 May 1987
Consecrated: 29 June 1987
Named Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario: 5 May 1993
Installed as Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario: 29 June 1993
Named Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland: 4 December 2000
Installed as Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland: 29 January 2001
President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: 2003-2005
Named Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario: 1 June 2007
Installed as Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario: 25 July 2007
Apostolic Administrator of Kingston:  30 March 2019
Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston – 3 May 2019