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Diocese of Hamilton

Hamiltonen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hamilton, Canada

The Diocese of Hamilton is a Latin Church diocese in southwestern Ontario, erected in 1856 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toronto. Joseph Dabrowski, CSMA, became its 10th bishop, taking possession of the see in February 2026.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
29 February 1856
Latin
Hamiltonen(sis)
Patron
Blessed Virgin Mary (the Annunciation)
Annuario code
001001573

The see in figures

Catholics
620,518
Population
2,435,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
25.5%
Priests
228
Catholics per priest
2,722
Extent
16,824 km²
Catholics per km²
37

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King stands in Hamilton, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Toronto

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toronto.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese in Toronto, the Diocese of Hamilton (Latin: Dioecesis Hamiltonensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. Its cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario is the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, dedicated to Christ the King in 1933. Hamilton also holds a former cathedral, St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, and Guelph, Ontario has a minor basilica, Our Lady Immaculate.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.