List of Massachusetts State Deputies of the Knights of Columbus

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

Contents

State Deputy [1] [2] TermCouncilTotal MembersTotal Councils
James E. Hayes 1893–1897Bunker Hill Council #62~6,000 [3] 73 [3]
Edward L. Hearn1897–1899Coeur de Leon Council #87~11,000 [4]
James F. Cavanagh1899–1901Everett Council #9712,873 [5] 122 [6]
Joseph C. Pelletier 1901–1906Franklin Council #16816,435 [7] 127 [7]
Daniel F. Buckley1906–1908North Easton Council #23819,033 [8] 130 [8]
William J. O'Brien1908–1912Robert Fulton Council #13423,742 [9] 138 [9]
Louis T. Watson1912–1916Brighton Council #12131,815 [10] 142 [10]
Daniel J. Gallagher1916–1918Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18034,466 [11]
William J. Day 1918–1921Bunker Hill Council #6272,076 [12]
William C. Prout 1921–1924Back Bay Council #33167,891 [13] [nb 1] 154 [13]
Edmund J. Brandon 1924–1927Cambridge Council #7458,557 [14]
John E. Swift 1927–1930Valencia Council #8051,859 [15] 155 [16]
Joseph M. Kirby1930–1934Fr. John B. DeValles Council #21342,587 [16] 155 [16]
Joseph H. Martin1934–1936Taunton Council #8238,847 [16]
Patrick J. Moynihan1936–1938Abp. John J. Williams Council #130837,971 [17] 153 [17]
John J. Spillane1938–1940Crusader Council #270636,697 [18] [nb 2]
Walter G. Powers1940–1942Taunton Council #8234,971 [19] 148 [20]
Frank W. Tomasello 1942–1944North Quincy Council #2259234,312 [20] 148 [20]
James H. Flanagan1944–1946Jamaica Plain Council #12038,013 [21] 152 [21]
Joseph L. Francis1946–1948Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18044,713 [22] 154 [22]
John W. McDevitt 1948–1950Santa Maria Council #10544,713 [23] 154 [23]
Joseph P. Lally1950–1952Mount Pleasant Council #9847,942 [24] 154 [24]
Daniel J. Fitzgerald 1952–1954Home City Council #6350,157 [25] 162 [25]
Thomas J. Spring 1954–1956Columbus Council #11657,353 [26] 174 [26]
James H. Norton1956–1958Redberry Council #11762,411 [27] 183 [27]
Thomas G. Feenan1958–1960Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18066,651 [28] 193 [28]
Joseph E. Boothroyd1960–1962Maynard Council #212167,397 [29] 203 [29]
John T. Howland1962–1964Msgr. James J. Chittick Council #8968,221 [30] 206 [30]
John J. McCullough1964–1966Reading Council #103168,517 [31] 209 [32]
John M. Cataldo1966–1968Ausonia Council #151365,517 [33] 211 [34]
John E. Nugent1968–1970North Cambridge Council #26963,561 [35] 211 [36]
Gerard M. O'Meara1970–1972Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18060,203 [37] 212 [37]
Michael E. Faherty1972–1974North Quincy Council #225959,414 [38] 208 [39]
Joseph Arena1974–1976St. Francis Council #296260,323 [40] 207 [40]
Francis A. Sheehan1976–1978Northampton Council #48059,447 [41] 207 [41]
John J. Donovan1978–1980Norwood Council #25259,548 [42] 207 [42]
Newman A. Flanagan 1980–1982Cardinal O'Connell Council #291959,496 [43] 209 [43]
Kenneth C. Pearson1982–1984Stoneham Council #48956,835 [44]
Edmond J. Benoit1984–1986Mumford Council #36555,730 [45]
Walter L. Almond1986–1988Belmont Council #33254,883 [46]
John J. Rigali1988–1990Fairview Council #404453,883 [47]
John F. Oteri1990–1992Columbus Council #11653,547 [48] 217 [48]
Kenneth N. Ryan1992–1994Pere Marquette Council #271
P. Frank Fougere1994–1996Coeur de Leon Council #87
Peter J. Giordano1996–1998Belmont Council #332225 [49]
James R. Sawyer1998–2000Falmouth Council #813~50,000 [50]
James W. Devine2000–2001Holyoke Council #90
Thomas M. Ledbetter2001–2004Mt. Pleasant Council #98~46,000 [51]
Richard F. Guerriero2004–2006St Francis Xavier Council #5027~46,000 [52]
Vincent M. Rumasuglia2006–2008St. Raphael's Council # 11628
William F. Donovan2008–2010Walpole Council # 1319~45,000 [53]
Michael J. Baldner2010–2012Dorchester Council #107
Peter K. Healy2012–2014Fitchburg Council #99~43,000 [54] 270 [55]
Russell A. Steinbach2014–2016Dorchester #107~40,000 [56] 273 [56]
Paul G. O'Sullivan2016–2018Foxboro/Sharon #6063287 [57]
Paul A. Flanagan [58] 2018-2020San Salvador #20036,550 [57] 290 [59]
Michael Lesperence2020-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]

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References

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