List of Massachusetts State Deputies of the Knights of Columbus


The Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus is the highest official in the Knights of Columbus within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
State DeputyTermCouncilTotal MembersTotal Councils
James E. Hayes1893–1897Bunker Hill Council #62~6,00073
Edward L. Hearn1897–1899Coeur de Leon Council #87~11,000
James F. Cavanagh1899–1901Everett Council #9712,873122
Joseph C. Pelletier1901–1906Franklin Council #16816,435127
Daniel F. Buckley1906–1908North Easton Council #23819,033130
William J. O'Brien1908–1912Robert Fulton Council #13423,742138
Louis T. Watson1912–1916Brighton Council #12131,815142
Daniel J. Gallagher1916–1918Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18034,466
William J. Day1918–1921Bunker Hill Council #6272,076
William C. Prout1921–1924Back Bay Council #33167,891154
Edmund J. Brandon1924–1927Cambridge Council #7458,557
John E. Swift1927–1930Valencia Council #8051,859 155
Joseph M. Kirby1930–1934Fr. John B. DeValles Council #21342,587155
Joseph H. Martin1934–1936Taunton Council #8238,847
Patrick J. Moynihan1936–1938Abp. John J. Williams Council #130837,971153
John J. Spillane1938–1940Crusader Council #270636,697
Walter G. Powers1940–1942Taunton Council #8234,971148
Frank W. Tomasello1942–1944North Quincy Council #2259234,312148
James H. Flanagan1944–1946Jamaica Plain Council #12038,013152
Joseph L. Francis1946–1948Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18044,713154
John W. McDevitt1948–1950Santa Maria Council #10544,713154
Joseph P. Lally1950–1952Mount Pleasant Council #9847,942154
Daniel J. Fitzgerald1952–1954Home City Council #6350,157162
Thomas J. Spring1954–1956Columbus Council #11657,353174
James H. Norton1956–1958Redberry Council #11762,411183
Thomas G. Feenan1958–1960Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18066,651193
Joseph E. Boothroyd1960–1962Maynard Council #212167,397203
John T. Howland1962–1964Msgr. James J. Chittick Council #8968,221206
John J. McCullough1964–1966Reading Council #103168,517209
John M. Cataldo1966–1968Ausonia Council #151365,517211
John E. Nugent1968–1970North Cambridge Council #26963,561 211
Gerard M. O'Meara1970–1972Dorchester Lower Mills Council #18060,203212
Michael E. Faherty1972–1974North Quincy Council #225959,414208
Joseph Arena1974–1976St. Francis Council #296260,323 207
Francis A. Sheehan1976–1978Northampton Council #48059,447207
John J. Donovan1978–1980Norwood Council #25259,548207
Newman A. Flanagan1980–1982Cardinal O'Connell Council #291959,496209
Kenneth C. Pearson1982–1984Stoneham Council #48956,835
Edmond J. Benoit1984–1986Mumford Council #36555,730
Walter L. Almond1986–1988Belmont Council #33254,883
John J. Rigali1988–1990Fairview Council #404453,883
John F. Oteri1990–1992Columbus Council #11653,547217
Kenneth N. Ryan1992–1994Pere Marquette Council #271
P. Frank Fougere1994–1996Coeur de Leon Council #87
Peter J. Giordano1996–1998Belmont Council #332225
James R. Sawyer1998–2000Falmouth Council #813~50,000
James W. Devine2000–2001Holyoke Council #90
Thomas M. Ledbetter2001–2004Mt. Pleasant Council #98~46,000
Richard F. Guerriero2004–2006St Francis Xavier Council #5027~46,000
Vincent M. Rumasuglia2006–2008St. Raphael's Council # 11628
William F. Donovan2008–2010Walpole Council # 1319~45,000
Michael J. Baldner2010–2012Dorchester Council #107
Peter K. Healy2012–2014Fitchburg Council #99~43,000270
Russell A. Steinbach2014–2016Dorchester #107~40,000273
Paul G. O'Sullivan2016–2018Foxboro/Sharon #6063
Paul A. Flanagan2018-San Salvador #200~40,000298