The Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus is the highest official in the Knights of Columbus within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
State Deputy | Term | Council | Total Members | Total Councils |
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James E. Hayes | 1893–1897 | Bunker Hill Council #62 | ~6,000 | 73 |
Edward L. Hearn | 1897–1899 | Coeur de Leon Council #87 | ~11,000 | |
James F. Cavanagh | 1899–1901 | Everett Council #97 | 12,873 | 122 |
Joseph C. Pelletier | 1901–1906 | Franklin Council #168 | 16,435 | 127 |
Daniel F. Buckley | 1906–1908 | North Easton Council #238 | 19,033 | 130 |
William J. O'Brien | 1908–1912 | Robert Fulton Council #134 | 23,742 | 138 |
Louis T. Watson | 1912–1916 | Brighton Council #121 | 31,815 | 142 |
Daniel J. Gallagher | 1916–1918 | Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 | 34,466 | |
William J. Day | 1918–1921 | Bunker Hill Council #62 | 72,076 | |
William C. Prout | 1921–1924 | Back Bay Council #331 | 67,891 | 154 |
Edmund J. Brandon | 1924–1927 | Cambridge Council #74 | 58,557 | |
John E. Swift | 1927–1930 | Valencia Council #80 | 51,859 | 155 |
Joseph M. Kirby | 1930–1934 | Fr. John B. DeValles Council #213 | 42,587 | 155 |
Joseph H. Martin | 1934–1936 | Taunton Council #82 | 38,847 | |
Patrick J. Moynihan | 1936–1938 | Abp. John J. Williams Council #1308 | 37,971 | 153 |
John J. Spillane | 1938–1940 | Crusader Council #2706 | 36,697 | |
Walter G. Powers | 1940–1942 | Taunton Council #82 | 34,971 | 148 |
Frank W. Tomasello | 1942–1944 | North Quincy Council #22592 | 34,312 | 148 |
James H. Flanagan | 1944–1946 | Jamaica Plain Council #120 | 38,013 | 152 |
Joseph L. Francis | 1946–1948 | Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 | 44,713 | 154 |
John W. McDevitt | 1948–1950 | Santa Maria Council #105 | 44,713 | 154 |
Joseph P. Lally | 1950–1952 | Mount Pleasant Council #98 | 47,942 | 154 |
Daniel J. Fitzgerald | 1952–1954 | Home City Council #63 | 50,157 | 162 |
Thomas J. Spring | 1954–1956 | Columbus Council #116 | 57,353 | 174 |
James H. Norton | 1956–1958 | Redberry Council #117 | 62,411 | 183 |
Thomas G. Feenan | 1958–1960 | Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 | 66,651 | 193 |
Joseph E. Boothroyd | 1960–1962 | Maynard Council #2121 | 67,397 | 203 |
John T. Howland | 1962–1964 | Msgr. James J. Chittick Council #89 | 68,221 | 206 |
John J. McCullough | 1964–1966 | Reading Council #1031 | 68,517 | 209 |
John M. Cataldo | 1966–1968 | Ausonia Council #1513 | 65,517 | 211 |
John E. Nugent | 1968–1970 | North Cambridge Council #269 | 63,561 | 211 |
Gerard M. O'Meara | 1970–1972 | Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180 | 60,203 | 212 |
Michael E. Faherty | 1972–1974 | North Quincy Council #2259 | 59,414 | 208 |
Joseph Arena | 1974–1976 | St. Francis Council #2962 | 60,323 | 207 |
Francis A. Sheehan | 1976–1978 | Northampton Council #480 | 59,447 | 207 |
John J. Donovan | 1978–1980 | Norwood Council #252 | 59,548 | 207 |
Newman A. Flanagan | 1980–1982 | Cardinal O'Connell Council #2919 | 59,496 | 209 |
Kenneth C. Pearson | 1982–1984 | Stoneham Council #489 | 56,835 | |
Edmond J. Benoit | 1984–1986 | Mumford Council #365 | 55,730 | |
Walter L. Almond | 1986–1988 | Belmont Council #332 | 54,883 | |
John J. Rigali | 1988–1990 | Fairview Council #4044 | 53,883 | |
John F. Oteri | 1990–1992 | Columbus Council #116 | 53,547 | 217 |
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 | |
James R. Sawyer | 1998–2000 | Falmouth Council #813 | ~50,000 | |
James W. Devine | 2000–2001 | Holyoke Council #90 | ||
Thomas M. Ledbetter | 2001–2004 | Mt. Pleasant Council #98 | ~46,000 | |
Richard F. Guerriero | 2004–2006 | St Francis Xavier Council #5027 | ~46,000 | |
Vincent M. Rumasuglia | 2006–2008 | St. Raphael's Council # 11628 | ||
William F. Donovan | 2008–2010 | Walpole Council # 1319 | ~45,000 | |
Michael J. Baldner | 2010–2012 | Dorchester Council #107 | ||
Peter K. Healy | 2012–2014 | Fitchburg Council #99 | ~43,000 | 270 |
Russell A. Steinbach | 2014–2016 | Dorchester #107 | ~40,000 | 273 |
Paul G. O'Sullivan | 2016–2018 | Foxboro/Sharon #6063 | 287 | |
Paul A. Flanagan | 2018-2020 | San Salvador #200 | 36,550 | 290 |
Michael Lesperence | 2020-2022 | Milville #11020 | ||
Thomas Butler | 2022-2024 | Unity Council #2212 |
Notes
- Membership peaked in 1922 with 72,943 knights.
- Membership dipped in 1939 but then rose in 1940 for the first time in several years.
References
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- Lapomarda, S.J., Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.
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Works cited
- Lapomarda, Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.