Diocese of London
Londonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · London, Canada
The Diocese of London is a Latin Church diocese in southwestern Ontario, erected in 1856 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toronto. Daniel Joseph Miehm was appointed its 11th bishop in April 2026, succeeding Ronald Fabbro, CSB.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 February 1856
- Latin
- Londonen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception and St. Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002043
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 444,310
- Population
- 1,944,182
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 22.9%
- Priests
- 169
- Catholics per priest
- 2,629
- Extent
- 21,349 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- Daniel Miehm
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
St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica stands in London, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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:
- Diocese of HamiltonHamilton
- Diocese of Saint CatharinesSaint Catharines
- Diocese of Thunder BayThunder Bay
- Archdiocese of TorontoToronto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto, the Diocese of London (Latin: Diœcesis Londonensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. Its present episcopal see, St. Peter's Cathedral in London, Ontario, rose between 1880 and 1885 in a French Gothic Revival style, and Pope John XXIII raised it to the status of a minor basilica in December, 1961.
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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.