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.

State Deputy[1][2]TermCouncilTotal MembersTotal Councils
James E. Hayes1893–1897Bunker 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. Pelletier1901–1906Franklin 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. Day1918–1921Bunker Hill Council #6272,076[12]
William C. Prout1921–1924Back Bay Council #33167,891[13][14]154[13]
Edmund J. Brandon1924–1927Cambridge Council #7458,557[15]
John E. Swift1927–1930Valencia Council #8051,859 [16]155[17]
Joseph M. Kirby1930–1934Fr. John B. DeValles Council #21342,587[17]155[17]
Joseph H. Martin1934–1936Taunton Council #8238,847[17]
Patrick J. Moynihan1936–1938Abp. John J. Williams Council #130837,971[18]153[18]
John J. Spillane1938–1940Crusader Council #270636,697[19][20]
Walter G. Powers1940–1942Taunton Council #8234,971[21]148[22]
Frank W. Tomasello1942–1944North Quincy Council #2259234,312[22]148[22]
James H. Flanagan1944–1946Jamaica Plain Council #12038,013[23]152[23]
Joseph L. Francis1946–1948Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18044,713[24]154[24]
John W. McDevitt1948–1950Santa Maria Council #10544,713[25]154[25]
Joseph P. Lally1950–1952Mount Pleasant Council #9847,942[26]154[26]
Daniel J. Fitzgerald1952–1954Home City Council #6350,157[27]162[27]
Thomas J. Spring1954–1956Columbus Council #11657,353[28]174[28]
James H. Norton1956–1958Redberry Council #11762,411[29]183[29]
Thomas G. Feenan1958–1960Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18066,651[30]193[30]
Joseph E. Boothroyd1960–1962Maynard Council #212167,397[31]203[31]
John T. Howland1962–1964Msgr. James J. Chittick Council #8968,221[32]206[32]
John J. McCullough1964–1966Reading Council #103168,517[33]209[34]
John M. Cataldo1966–1968Ausonia Council #151365,517[35]211[36]
John E. Nugent1968–1970North Cambridge Council #26963,561 [37]211[38]
Gerard M. O'Meara1970–1972Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18060,203[39]212[39]
Michael E. Faherty1972–1974North Quincy Council #225959,414[40]208[41]
Joseph Arena1974–1976St. Francis Council #296260,323 [42]207[42]
Francis A. Sheehan1976–1978Northampton Council #48059,447[43]207[43]
John J. Donovan1978–1980Norwood Council #25259,548[44]207[44]
Newman A. Flanagan1980–1982Cardinal O'Connell Council #291959,496[45]209[45]
Kenneth C. Pearson1982–1984Stoneham Council #48956,835[46]
Edmond J. Benoit1984–1986Mumford Council #36555,730[47]
Walter L. Almond1986–1988Belmont Council #33254,883[48]
John J. Rigali1988–1990Fairview Council #404453,883[49]
John F. Oteri1990–1992Columbus Council #11653,547[50]217[50]
Kenneth N. Ryan1992–1994Pere Marquette Council #271
P. Frank Fougere1994–1996Coeur de Leon Council #87
Peter J. Giordano1996–1998Belmont Council #332225[51]
James R. Sawyer1998–2000Falmouth Council #813~50,000[52]
James W. Devine2000–2001Holyoke Council #90
Thomas M. Ledbetter2001–2004Mt. Pleasant Council #98~46,000[53]
Richard F. Guerriero2004–2006St Francis Xavier Council #5027~46,000[54]
Vincent M. Rumasuglia2006–2008St. Raphael's Council # 11628
William F. Donovan2008–2010Walpole Council # 1319~45,000[55]
Michael J. Baldner2010–2012Dorchester Council #107
Peter K. Healy2012–2014Fitchburg Council #99~43,000[56]270[57]
Russell A. Steinbach2014–2016Dorchester #107~40,000[58]273[58]
Paul G. O'Sullivan2016–2018Foxboro/Sharon #6063287[59]
Paul A. Flanagan[60]2018-2020San Salvador #20036,550[59]290[61]
Michael Lesperence2020-2022Milville #11020
Thomas Butler2022-2024Unity Council #2212

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