Michael Mulhall

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Michael Mulhall
Archbishop of Kingston
Church Roman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseKingston
SeeKingston
Appointed28 March 2019
Installed3 May 2019
Predecessor Brendan Michael O'Brien
Previous post(s) Bishop of Pembroke (2007-19)
Orders
Ordination21 July 1989
by James Leonard Doyle
Consecration21 September 2007
by  Luigi Ventura
Personal details
Born
Michael Mulhall

(1962-02-25) 25 February 1962 (age 62)
ParentsVernon Mulhall
Maureen Hickey
Alma mater Trent University
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Patristicum
MottoFiduciam habemus apud Deum
("We have confidence before God")
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Michael Mulhall (archbishop).svg
Styles of
Michael Mulhall
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor

Michael Mulhall (born 25 February 1962) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2019, he has been the Archbishop of Kingston, Canada. Prior to that, he served the Bishop of Pembroke from 2007 to 2019.

Biography

One of five children, Michael Mulhall was born in Peterborough, Ontario, to Vernon and Maureen (née Hickey) Mulhall. He attended Trent University, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985, and then furthered his studies in Rome at the Angelicum, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1988. Ordained to the priesthood on 21 July 1989, he received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Augustinianum in 1991 while following the formation program at the Pontifical North American College.

Mulhall did pastoral work in Hunstville from 1991 to 1994. He then became an official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia. Returning to the Diocese of Peterborough in 2002, he served again briefly in Huntsville and then in Hastings. In 2003, he was also named Chancellor for Spiritual Affairs, and in 2004 as Vicar General of the Diocese.

On 30 June 2007, Mulhall was appointed the eighth Bishop of Pembroke by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 21 September from Archbishop Luigi Ventura, with Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., and Bishop Nicola De Angelis, serving as co-consecrators, at St Columbkille Cathedral. He selected as his episcopal motto: Fiduciam habemus apud Deum, meaning, "We have confidence before God".

Pope Francis appointed Mulhall Archbishop of Kingston on March 28, 2019. He was installed on May 3.

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References

    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by Bishop of Pembroke
    20072020
    Succeeded by
    Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.