Promoted as Diocese of Kingston on 27 January 1826, as a suffragan diocese of the (meanwhile promoted)
Archdiocese of Quebec. Prior to 1841 when the Diocese of Toronto was created, the diocese included areas that are now part of the Dioceses of
Hamilton,
London,
Saint Catharines,
Thunder Bay and
Toronto.[1]
As of 2014[update], 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[update], 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
Bishops of the diocese
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)
Rémi Gaulin (first Canadian incumbent) (1840.01.14 – death 1857.05.08), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14) and Titular Bishop of
Tabraca (1833.05.10 – 1840.01.14), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of
Charræ (1843.02.20 – 1857.05.08) and first Auxiliary Bishop of Kingston (1843.02.20 – 1852), then
Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (1852 – 1857.05.08)
Patrick Phelan (born Ireland) (1857.05.08 – death 1857.06.07)
Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan (1944.02.26 – 1966.12.14), previously Bishop of
Charlottetown (Canada) (1931.02.06 – 1944.02.26); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of
Maraguia (1966.12.14 – resigned 1970.11.23), died 1972
Anthony G. Meager (2002.04.27 – death 2007.01.14), previously Titular Bishop of
Dura (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Toronto (Canada) (1997.04.30 – 2002.04.27)
Brendan Michael O'Brien (1 June 2007 – 2019), previously Titular Bishop of
Numana (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Ottawa (Canada) (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05), Bishop of
Pembroke (Canada) (1993.05.05 – 2000.12.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of
St. John’s, Newfoundland (Canada) (2000.12.04 – 2007.06.01), President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2003 – 2005).