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 Deputy[1][2]	Term	Council	Total Members	Total Councils
James E. Hayes	1893–1897	Bunker Hill Council #62	~6,000[3]	73[3]
Edward L. Hearn	1897–1899	Coeur de Leon Council #87	~11,000[4]
James F. Cavanagh	1899–1901	Everett Council #97	12,873[5]	122 [6]
Joseph C. Pelletier	1901–1906	Franklin Council #168	16,435[7]	127[7]
Daniel F. Buckley	1906–1908	North Easton Council #238	19,033[8]	130[8]
William J. O'Brien	1908–1912	Robert Fulton Council #134	23,742[9]	138[9]
Louis T. Watson	1912–1916	Brighton Council #121	31,815[10]	142[10]
Daniel J. Gallagher	1916–1918	Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180	34,466[11]
William J. Day	1918–1921	Bunker Hill Council #62	72,076[12]
William C. Prout	1921–1924	Back Bay Council #331	67,891[13][nb 1]	154[13]
Edmund J. Brandon	1924–1927	Cambridge Council #74	58,557[14]
John E. Swift	1927–1930	Valencia Council #80	51,859 [15]	155[16]
Joseph M. Kirby	1930–1934	Fr. John B. DeValles Council #213	42,587[16]	155[16]
Joseph H. Martin	1934–1936	Taunton Council #82	38,847[16]
Patrick J. Moynihan	1936–1938	Abp. John J. Williams Council #1308	37,971[17]	153[17]
John J. Spillane	1938–1940	Crusader Council #2706	36,697[18][nb 2]
Walter G. Powers	1940–1942	Taunton Council #82	34,971[19]	148[20]
Frank W. Tomasello	1942–1944	North Quincy Council #22592	34,312[20]	148[20]
James H. Flanagan	1944–1946	Jamaica Plain Council #120	38,013[21]	152[21]
Joseph L. Francis	1946–1948	Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180	44,713[22]	154[22]
John W. McDevitt	1948–1950	Santa Maria Council #105	44,713[23]	154[23]
Joseph P. Lally	1950–1952	Mount Pleasant Council #98	47,942[24]	154[24]
Daniel J. Fitzgerald	1952–1954	Home City Council #63	50,157[25]	162[25]
Thomas J. Spring	1954–1956	Columbus Council #116	57,353[26]	174[26]
James H. Norton	1956–1958	Redberry Council #117	62,411[27]	183[27]
Thomas G. Feenan	1958–1960	Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180	66,651[28]	193[28]
Joseph E. Boothroyd	1960–1962	Maynard Council #2121	67,397[29]	203[29]
John T. Howland	1962–1964	Msgr. James J. Chittick Council #89	68,221[30]	206[30]
John J. McCullough	1964–1966	Reading Council #1031	68,517[31]	209[32]
John M. Cataldo	1966–1968	Ausonia Council #1513	65,517[33]	211[34]
John E. Nugent	1968–1970	North Cambridge Council #269	63,561 [35]	211[36]
Gerard M. O'Meara	1970–1972	Dorchester Lower Mills Council #180	60,203[37]	212[37]
Michael E. Faherty	1972–1974	North Quincy Council #2259	59,414[38]	208[39]
Joseph Arena	1974–1976	St. Francis Council #2962	60,323 [40]	207[40]
Francis A. Sheehan	1976–1978	Northampton Council #480	59,447[41]	207[41]
John J. Donovan	1978–1980	Norwood Council #252	59,548[42]	207[42]
Newman A. Flanagan	1980–1982	Cardinal O'Connell Council #2919	59,496[43]	209[43]
Kenneth C. Pearson	1982–1984	Stoneham Council #489	56,835[44]
Edmond J. Benoit	1984–1986	Mumford Council #365	55,730[45]
Walter L. Almond	1986–1988	Belmont Council #332	54,883[46]
John J. Rigali	1988–1990	Fairview Council #4044	53,883[47]
John F. Oteri	1990–1992	Columbus Council #116	53,547[48]	217[48]
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[49]
James R. Sawyer	1998–2000	Falmouth Council #813	~50,000[50]
James W. Devine	2000–2001	Holyoke Council #90
Thomas M. Ledbetter	2001–2004	Mt. Pleasant Council #98	~46,000[51]
Richard F. Guerriero	2004–2006	St Francis Xavier Council #5027	~46,000[52]
Vincent M. Rumasuglia	2006–2008	St. Raphael's Council # 11628
William F. Donovan	2008–2010	Walpole Council # 1319	~45,000[53]
Michael J. Baldner	2010–2012	Dorchester Council #107
Peter K. Healy	2012–2014	Fitchburg Council #99	~43,000[54]	270[55]
Russell A. Steinbach	2014–2016	Dorchester #107	~40,000[56]	273[56]
Paul G. O'Sullivan	2016–2018	Foxboro/Sharon #6063		287[57]
Paul A. Flanagan[58]	2018-2020	San Salvador #200	36,550[57]	290[59]
Michael Lesperence	2020-2022	Milville #11020
Thomas Butler	2022-2024	Unity Council #2212

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]