Francis John Spence
Catholic priest · Catholic bishop
- June 3, 1926
- July 27, 2011
- 85 years
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Francis John Spence, 85, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Kingston (1982–2002).
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|Francis John Spence (June 3, 1926 – July 27, 2011) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. Spence served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston from 1982 until his retirement in 2002.
Spence also served as vicar and ordinary for the Canadian Forces under the Military Ordinariate of Canada from 1986 to 1987.
Spence was born in Perth, Ontario, in 1926. He was ordained a Catholic priest on April 16, 1950. Archbishop Spence died on July 27, 2011, at the age of 85.
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