The Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint John
Charitable organization · ST-Stephen, New Brunswick · BN 107020331RR0057 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,291,709) as filed with the CRA.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint John is a charitable organization based in ST-Stephen, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $318K in revenue and $10.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,592 in 2024, the largest being $3,592 to The Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint John. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The usual activities of a roman catholic parish including : 1) preparation for and conducting religious services 2) faith formation activities such as religious education for children 3) ministries formation activities such as lectors servers musicians 4) pastoral counseling
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $318K | $10.3M | $293K | $14K | $3,592 | $432K |
| 2023 | $462K | $321K | $218K | $9,598 | $26K | $463K |
| 2022 | $277K | $268K | $99K | $3,434 | $30K | $312K |
| 2021 | $589K | $363K | $255K | $3,087 | $25K | $354K |
| 2020 | $322K | $293K | $125K | $4,258 | $38K | $143K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,592 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$110K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arockia Dass Chinnappan (priest); Michael Murphy (finance chair); Mary Womba; Lee Heenan; Bob Lord; Joni Donahue; Sharon Lagura; John O'Halloran.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint John’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107020331RR0057), or read how we compute the receipt.