List of Massachusetts State Deputies of the Knights of Columbus

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus is the highest official in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
.

State Deputy[1][2] Term Council Total Members Total Councils
James E. Hayes 1893–1897 Bunker Hill Council #62 ~6,000[3] 73[3]
Edward L. Hearn 1897–1899 Coeur de Leon Council #87 ~11,000[4]
James F. Cavanagh 1899–1901 Everett Council #97 12,873[5] 122 [6]
Joseph C. Pelletier 1901–1906 Franklin Council #168 16,435[7] 127[7]
Daniel F. Buckley 1906–1908 North Easton Council #238 19,033[8] 130[8]
William J. O'Brien 1908–1912 Robert Fulton Council #134 23,742[9] 138[9]
Louis T. Watson 1912–1916 Brighton Council #121 31,815[10] 142[10]
Daniel J. Gallagher 1916–1918 Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 34,466[11]
William J. Day 1918–1921 Bunker Hill Council #62 72,076[12]
William C. Prout 1921–1924 Back Bay Council #331 67,891[13][nb 1] 154[13]
Edmund J. Brandon 1924–1927 Cambridge Council #74 58,557[14]
John E. Swift 1927–1930 Valencia Council #80 51,859 [15] 155[16]
Joseph M. Kirby 1930–1934 Fr. John B. DeValles Council #213 42,587[16] 155[16]
Joseph H. Martin 1934–1936 Taunton Council #82 38,847[16]
Patrick J. Moynihan 1936–1938 Abp. John J. Williams Council #1308 37,971[17] 153[17]
John J. Spillane 1938–1940 Crusader Council #2706 36,697[18][nb 2]
Walter G. Powers 1940–1942 Taunton Council #82 34,971[19] 148[20]
Frank W. Tomasello 1942–1944 North Quincy Council #22592 34,312[20] 148[20]
James H. Flanagan 1944–1946 Jamaica Plain Council #120 38,013[21] 152[21]
Joseph L. Francis 1946–1948 Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 44,713[22] 154[22]
John W. McDevitt 1948–1950 Santa Maria Council #105 44,713[23] 154[23]
Joseph P. Lally 1950–1952 Mount Pleasant Council #98 47,942[24] 154[24]
Daniel J. Fitzgerald 1952–1954 Home City Council #63 50,157[25] 162[25]
Thomas J. Spring 1954–1956 Columbus Council #116 57,353[26] 174[26]
James H. Norton 1956–1958 Redberry Council #117 62,411[27] 183[27]
Thomas G. Feenan 1958–1960 Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 66,651[28] 193[28]
Joseph E. Boothroyd 1960–1962 Maynard Council #2121 67,397[29] 203[29]
John T. Howland 1962–1964 Msgr. James J. Chittick Council #89 68,221[30] 206[30]
John J. McCullough 1964–1966 Reading Council #1031 68,517[31] 209[32]
John M. Cataldo 1966–1968 Ausonia Council #1513 65,517[33] 211[34]
John E. Nugent 1968–1970 North Cambridge Council #269 63,561 [35] 211[36]
Gerard M. O'Meara 1970–1972 Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 60,203[37] 212[37]
Michael E. Faherty 1972–1974 North Quincy Council #2259 59,414[38] 208[39]
Joseph Arena 1974–1976 St. Francis Council #2962 60,323 [40] 207[40]
Francis A. Sheehan 1976–1978 Northampton Council #480 59,447[41] 207[41]
John J. Donovan 1978–1980 Norwood Council #252 59,548[42] 207[42]
Newman A. Flanagan 1980–1982 Cardinal O'Connell Council #2919 59,496[43] 209[43]
Kenneth C. Pearson 1982–1984 Stoneham Council #489 56,835[44]
Edmond J. Benoit 1984–1986 Mumford Council #365 55,730[45]
Walter L. Almond 1986–1988 Belmont Council #332 54,883[46]
John J. Rigali 1988–1990 Fairview Council #4044 53,883[47]
John F. Oteri 1990–1992 Columbus Council #116 53,547[48] 217[48]
Kenneth N. Ryan 1992–1994 Pere Marquette Council #271
P. Frank Fougere 1994–1996 Coeur de Leon Council #87
Peter J. Giordano 1996–1998 Belmont Council #332 225[49]
James R. Sawyer 1998–2000 Falmouth Council #813 ~50,000[50]
James W. Devine 2000–2001 Holyoke Council #90
Thomas M. Ledbetter 2001–2004 Mt. Pleasant Council #98 ~46,000[51]
Richard F. Guerriero 2004–2006 St Francis Xavier Council #5027 ~46,000[52]
Vincent M. Rumasuglia 2006–2008 St. Raphael's Council # 11628
William F. Donovan 2008–2010 Walpole Council # 1319 ~45,000[53]
Michael J. Baldner 2010–2012 Dorchester Council #107
Peter K. Healy 2012–2014 Fitchburg Council #99 ~43,000[54] 270[55]
Russell A. Steinbach 2014–2016 Dorchester #107 ~40,000[56] 273[56]
Paul G. O'Sullivan 2016–2018 Foxboro/Sharon #6063 287[57]
Paul A. Flanagan[58] 2018-2020 San Salvador #200 36,550[57] 290[59]
Michael Lesperence 2020- Milville #11020

Notes

  1. ^ Membership peaked in 1922 with 72,943 knights.[13]
  2. ^ Membership dipped in 1939 but then rose in 1940 for the first time in several years.[18]

References

  1. ^ "State Officers". Massachusetts Knights of Columbus. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Lapomarda, S.J., Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.
  3. ^ a b "3 Feb 1897, 6 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  4. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 6.
  5. ^ "6 Feb 1901, 14 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  6. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 10.
  7. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 13.
  8. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 15.
  9. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 19.
  10. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 21.
  11. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 25.
  12. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 27.
  13. ^ a b c Lapomarda 1992, p. 34.
  14. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 37.
  15. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 39.
  16. ^ a b c d Lapomarda 1992, p. 42.
  17. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 49.
  18. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 52.
  19. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 55.
  20. ^ a b c Lapomarda 1992, p. 58.
  21. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 64.
  22. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 67.
  23. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 69.
  24. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 72.
  25. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 76.
  26. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 78.
  27. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 82.
  28. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 85.
  29. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 88.
  30. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 91.
  31. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 95.
  32. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 96.
  33. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 98.
  34. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 99.
  35. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 102.
  36. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 101.
  37. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 105.
  38. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 108.
  39. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 107.
  40. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 111.
  41. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 114.
  42. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 117.
  43. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 120.
  44. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 126.
  45. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 128.
  46. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 132.
  47. ^ Lapomarda 1992, p. 135.
  48. ^ a b Lapomarda 1992, p. 138.
  49. ^ "8 Dec 1996, 297 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  50. ^ "Knightsite Knights of Columbus K of C Massachusetts State Council Directory". members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  51. ^ "Knights mobilize for marriage". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  52. ^ "State Knights of Columbus elects officers. Published 6/11/2004". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  53. ^ "Knights of Columbus install new officers". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  54. ^ "Knights of Columbus install new Mass. officers". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  55. ^ "Mass State Council of the Knights of Columbus". The Good Catholic Life. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  56. ^ a b "Mass. Knights install new state officers". www.thebostonpilot.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  57. ^ a b "Knights of Columbus – Massachusetts State Council". Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  58. ^ Pilot Staff (September 1, 2018). "Mass. Knights install new officers". The Boston Pilot. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  59. ^ "Knights of Columbus – Massachusetts State Council". Retrieved 2019-10-08.

Works cited

  • Lapomarda, Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.