Period
Rector
1926-1931
Alphonse Simon OMI
1931-1933
Cornelius B. Collins LLD
1933-1941
John Saws Holland (1893-1987)
1941-1945
Raymond Sutton SJ
1945-1951
Joseph P. Monaghan SJ
1951-1958
Cecil Ryan SJ
1958-1964
Hugh P. Kierans SJ
1964-1969
Desmond P. Burke-Gaffney SJ
1969-1971
John E. Page SJ
1971-1976
Vincent Joseph Jensen (1916-1988)
1976-1981
Dr. Harold Kane
1981-1984
Joseph V. “Jakie” Driscoll (1916-2003)
1984-1990
Dr. David J. Lawless
1990-1995
Dr. Richard A. Lebrun
1995-1998
Dr. John J. Stapleton KSG
1998
Daniel S. Lenoski [Acting Rector]
1998-2000
Dr. John J. Stapleton KSG
2000-2001
Daniel S. Lenoski [Acting Rector]
2001-2006
Dr. John J. Stapleton KSG
2006-2007
Daniel S. Lenoski [Acting Rector]
2007-2012
Denis C. Bracken
2012-present
Period
Dean
1931-1933
Joseph E. Campbell
1933-1934
Erle Bartlett
1934-1935
Eugene Chabot
1935-1936
James Carlin
1936-1937
Eugene Chabot
1937-1938
John S. Holland
1938-1941
James McGarry
1941-1943
J. Elliott MacGuigan
1943-1945
John S. Holland
1945-1947
Thomas G. Malone
1947-1954
Gerald Francis Lahey (1903-1969)
1954-1960
Vincent Joseph Jensen (1916-1988)
1960-1963
Gerald Francis Lahey (1903-1969)
1963-1970
Lawrence C. Braceland
1970-1974
Adam Giesinger
1974-1980
Lawrence A. Desmond
1980-1981
Vincent Joseph Jensen (1916-1988)
1981-1985
Joseph J. Williams
1985-1988
Larry Wayne Cooley (1941-2021)
1988-1990
Richard A. Lebrun
1990-1993
Rosemarie S. Finlay
1993-1996
Brian E. Schwimmer
1996-1999
?-?
Chris Butterill
?-?
Richard Lobdell
2012-2017
Mohtaram Gharib “Moti” Shojania (1945-2021)
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba College / St. Paul’s College (Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Christ the King Chapel (70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg)
MHS Centennial Organization: University of Manitoba
St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba: Memories and Histories, edited by Gerald Friesen and Richard Lebrun, c1999.
“Ex-St. Paul’s College Dean dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 1969.
Obituary [Larry Wayne Cooley], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 November 2021.
We thank Christopher J. Adams for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 May 2023
