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Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Michael (September 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 30 (1848)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1841.12.17: Established as Diocese of Toronto / Torontin(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kingston)
1844.07.12: Became suffragan of Québec
1855.02.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of London
1856.02.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Hamilton
1870.03.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto / Torontin(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hamilton, Kingston and London)
1874.01.25: Gained suffragan see Northern Canada
1882.07.11: Lost territory to Diocese of Peterborough
1889.12.28: Lost suffragan sees Kingston and Peterborough
1952.04.29: Gained suffragan see Fort William
1958.11.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Catharines and gained suffragan see Saint Catharines

Contact Info

Address: 1155 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4T 1W2, Canada

Phone: +1 (416) 934-0606

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.09, 2002.07)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Toronto (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Frank Leo (53)
(2023.02.11 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle
Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Quodcumque dixerit facite

Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins (78)
(2006.12.16 – 2023.02.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada)

Cardinal Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (Alojzij Matej Ambrožič)
(1990.03.17 – 2006.12.16)

Jesus est Dominus

Born:	1930.01.27 (Gabrje, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.05.27
Created Cardinal:	1998.02.21
Died:	2011.08.26 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 81)

Priest of Toronto (Canada) (1955.06.04 – 1976.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Valabria (1976.03.26 – 1986.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1976.03.26 – 1986.05.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1986.05.22 – 1990.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1990.03.17 – 2006.12.16)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1998.02.21 [1998.10.04] – 2011.08.26)

Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter
(1978.04.27 – 1990.03.17)

Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock
(1971.03.30 – 1978.04.27)

Plenitudo legis dilectio

Born:	1906.07.02 (St. Thomas, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.06.29
Died:	1984.09.06 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 78)

Priest of London (Canada) (1930.06.14 – 1944.04.07)

Bishop of Saskatoon (Canada) (1944.04.07 – 1951.08.06)

Titular Archbishop of Aprus (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1951.08.06 – 1952.01.14)

Archbishop of Winnipeg (Canada) (1952.01.14 – 1961.02.18)

Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis (1961.02.18 – 1971.03.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1961.02.18 – 1971.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1971.03.30 – 1978.04.27)

Cardinal James Charles McGuigan
(1934.12.22 – 1971.03.30)

Ambulate in dilectione

Archbishop Neil McNeil
(1912.04.10 – 1934.05.25)

Quis ut Deus / Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1851.11.23 (Hillsborough, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1879.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.10.20
Died:	1934.05.25 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 82)

Priest of Antigonish (Canada) (1879.04.12 – 1895.08.06)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1895.08.06 – 1904.02.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (Canada) (1895.08.06 – 1904.02.08)

Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada) (1904.02.08 – 1910.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada) (1910.01.19 – 1912.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1912.04.10 – 1934.05.25)

Archbishop Fergus Patrick McEvay
(1908.04.13 – 1911.05.10)

Born:	1852.12.08 (Lindsay, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1882.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.08.06
Died:	1911.05.10 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 58)

Priest of Kingston (Canada) (1882.07.09 – 1899.05.27)

Bishop of London (Canada) (1899.05.27 – 1908.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1908.04.13 – 1911.05.10)

Archbishop Dennis O’Connor, C.S.B.
(1899.01.07 – 1908.04.13)

Sine labe concepta

Born:	1841.03.28 (Pickering, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1863.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.10.19
Died:	1911.06.30 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 70)

Bishop of London (Canada) (1890.07.18 – 1899.01.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1899.01.07 – 1908.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea (1908.05.04 – 1911.06.30)

Archbishop John Walsh
(1889.07.25 – 1898.07.30)

Born:	1830.05.24 (Mooncoin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1854.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1867.11.10
Died:	1898.07.30 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 68)

Priest of Toronto (Canada) (1854.11.01 – 1867.06.04)

Bishop of Sandwich (Canada) (1867.06.04 – 1869.10.03)

Bishop of London (Canada) (1869.10.03 – 1889.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1889.07.25 – 1898.07.30)

Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M.
(1870.03.18 – 1888.05.12)

Born:	1816.02.06 (Clones, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1843.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.11.20
Died:	1888.05.12 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 72)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1859.08.26 – 1860.04.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1859.08.26 – 1860.04.26)

Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1860.04.26 – 1870.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1870.03.18 – 1888.05.12)

Bishops of Toronto (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1860.04.26 – 1870.03.18)

(see above)

Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1850.03.15 – 1860.04.26)

In corde decus et honor

Bishop Michael Power
(1841.12.17 – 1847.10.01)

Born:	1804.10.17 (Halifax, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1827.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.05.08
Died:	1847.10.01 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 42)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1827.08.17 – 1841.12.17)

Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1841.12.17 – 1847.10.01)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,000 km²

Population: 2,121,900 Catholics (31.6% of 6,721,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 225 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 741 priests (365 diocesan, 376 religious), 150 deacons, 902 religious (472 brothers, 430 sisters), 45 seminarians