Archdiocese of Kingston
Kingstonien(sis) seu Regiopolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kingston, Canada
The Archdiocese of Kingston is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in southeastern Ontario, with origins in 1826 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1889. Its suffragans are Peterborough and Sault Sainte Marie, and Michael Mulhall has been archbishop since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 January 1826
- Latin
- Kingstonien(sis) seu Regiopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001861
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 135,170
- Population
- 371,450
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 36.4%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 1,852
- Extent
- 16,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.2
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Michael Mulhall
- Born
- 25 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Peterborough
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Kingston, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kingston
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PeterboroughPeterborough
- Diocese of Sault Sainte MarieSault Sainte Marie
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering part of the federal Province of Ontario in southeastern Canada, the Archdiocese of Kingston (Latin: Archidioecesis Kingstoniensis/Regiopolitana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. St. Mary's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, serves as its cathedral.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.