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This is a list of Roman Catholic churches in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Archdiocese of Toronto covers the city of Toronto and the surrounding areas of the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto is also home to many Eastern Rite churches not part of the archdiocese.
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St. Helen's Parish was established in 1875 in Brockton village, just outside the city of Toronto's western boundaries.The parish was formed from St. Mary's Parish.The first pastor for the Church was Rev. Father Shea. St. Helen's Church was original located on the southwest corner of Lansdowne Avenue and Dundas Street West, one block west of its current location. [1]
An Ontario Heritage Trust marker at the church notes its importance in the city's history. [11] An additional plaque was installed on March 28, 1982, by the Archdiocese of Toronto at the rectory. Between 1852 and 1856, the rectory was home to St. Michael's College until it moved to its present location near the University of Toronto . [ 12 ]
Mission Churches. As the Township of Etobicoke was first settled by British military families, there were few Catholics in the municipality. The area was technically in the early Catholic Parish of St Patrick's, Dixie (near Toronto's present day airport) although early Catholic residents of southern Etobicoke found the early parish of St Helen's in Toronto's western suburb of Brockton more ...
From 1900, Holy Family existed as a mission church of St. Helen's, Brockton, with the pastor there, Fr. Walsh, travelling to Parkdale on Sundays to celebrate mass. Holy Family Roman Catholic Church was created out of St Helen's, Archbishop O'Connor laying the cornerstone for the new church on June 22, 1902; [2] school was constructed behind the ...
The first church built of red brick, was opened on this site in 1824. The land to the east of the church was used as Toronto's first Catholic Cemetery. On December 22, 1889, the present Italian Renaissance style church was dedicated. It was designed by architect Joseph Connelly, under the inspiration of the then Pastor, Bishop Timothy O'Mahoney.
St. Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 130 Bathurst Street at Portugal Square in the Niagara neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The parish was established by Irish immigrants in 1852. The Gothic Revival church was designed by Joseph Connolly and completed in 1889, with the