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The archbishop of Toronto is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs.As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province that encompasses Southern Ontario and part of Northwestern Ontario in Canada, the archbishop also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of Hamilton ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic archbishops of Toronto" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Archbishop is Francis Leo, appointed in February 2023. Mass is celebrated within the Archdiocese of Toronto in 36 ethnic and linguistic communities every week making the Archdiocese one of the most ethnically diverse Catholic dioceses in the world. [citation needed] Overall the Archdiocese of Toronto is the largest in Canada. [clarification ...
Francis "Frank" Leo (born June 30, 1971) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Toronto since March 2023. He was Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal from September 2022 until his appointment to Toronto. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Priestly Fraternities of Saint Dominic.
Denis Thomas O'Connor CSB (26 February 1841 – 30 June 1911) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church.The first member of the Congregation of St. Basil to become a bishop, he served as Bishop of London (1890-1899) and later as the first Canadian-born Archbishop of Toronto (1899-1908).
Following the resignation of Archbishop O'Connor, McEvay succeed him again upon being appointed the fourth Archbishop of Toronto on April 13, 1908. [6] He took formal charge of the archdiocese on the following June 17, when he was installed at St. Michael's Cathedral .
Michael Power, Bishop of Toronto 1841–47, was buried in a crypt within the then-incomplete cathedral; John Joseph Lynch, Bishop of Toronto 1860–1870, Archbishop of Toronto 1870–88, was buried in the exterior gardens next to the cathedral; John Walsh, Archbishop of Toronto 1889–98
He served as Bishop of London, Ontario until 1889, when he was translated to the see of Toronto. Having paid off the diocese's considerable debt, Walsh the undertook the construction of St. Peter's Cathedral, designed by Joseph Connolly [3] In August 1889 Bishop Walsh was appointed Archbishop of Toronto, and installed on 27 Nov 1889.