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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 .
In 1956, it became Diocese of Kingston and included all of Jamaica. [1] In September 1967, two suffragans were split from the diocese and the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese. [1] As of 2006, the diocese contains 32 parishes, 30 active diocesan priests, 27 religious priests, and 56,200 Catholics. [2]
Spence served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston from 1982 until his retirement in 2002. [1] Spence also served as vicar and ordinary for the Canadian Forces under the Military Ordinariate of Canada from 1986 to 1987. Spence was born in Perth, Ontario, in 1926. [1] He was ordained a Catholic priest on April 16, 1950 ...
On 12 October 2007 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. After the retirement of Lawrence Aloysius Burke, SJ, he followed him on 12 April 2008 by the Office of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. On 15 April 2011 Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Kingston.
The list, initially published in 2017 by the archdiocese under Archbishop John C. Wester, includes the names of living and dead priests and other members of the Catholic clergy deemed by the ...
On 15 April 2011 it was announced that Dufour was himself promoted, by Benedict, as the sixth Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, after His Holiness had accepted the resignation of Donald Reece (which was announced in the same release). [8] The Archbishop-designate took possession of his appointed Archdiocese during his installation on 16 June.
Retired Milwaukee auxiliary bishop Richard J. Sklba has died at age 89. Sklba was a biblical scholar who taught scripture to seminarians and worked to build connections across religious faiths.
The 85-year-old retired Catholic priest was robbed of his life savings in a financial scam, which friends and colleagues, who say he’s a “wonderful” and “positive” influence, are helping ...