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 James E. Hayes 1893–1897 Bunker Hill Council #62 ~6,00073 Edward L. Hearn 1897–1899 Coeur de Leon Council #87 ~11,000 James F. Cavanagh 1899–1901 Everett Council #97 12,873122 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 #8051,859 155 Joseph M. Kirby 1930–1934 Fr. John B. DeValles Council #21342,587 155 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 148Frank 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 #9847,942 154 Daniel J. Fitzgerald 1952–1954 Home City Council #6350,157 162 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 #26963,561 211 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 #296260,323 207 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 #33254,883 John J. Rigali 1988–1990 Fairview Council #4044 53,883 John F. Oteri 1990–1992 Columbus Council #116 53,547 217Kenneth N. Ryan1992–1994Pere Marquette Council #271 P. Frank Fougere 1994–1996 Coeur de Leon Council #87 Peter J. Giordano 1996–1998 Belmont Council #332225 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 #99~43,000270 Russell A. Steinbach 2014–2016 Dorchester #107~40,000273 Paul G. O'Sullivan 2016–2018 Foxboro/Sharon #6063287 Paul A. Flanagan 2018-2020 San Salvador #200 36,550290Michael Lesperence2020-2022Milville #11020Thomas Butler2022-2024Unity Council #2212

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