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Archdiocese of Toronto

Torontin(us)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Toronto, Canada

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering southern Ontario, erected as a diocese in 1841 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1870. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, and Thunder Bay, and is led by Cardinal Frank Leo.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
17 December 1841
Latin
Torontin(us)
Patron
Saint Michael the Archangel
Annuario code
001003255

The see in figures

Catholics
2,061,600
Population
6,530,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
31.6%
Priests
781
Catholics per priest
2,640
Extent
13,000 km²
Catholics per km²
159

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

Archbishop
Francis Leo

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. Michael's Cathedral Basilica stands in Toronto, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Part of the province of Ontario belongs to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitana Torontina), a Latin Church archdiocese whose archbishop also serves as ecclesiastical provincial for the dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, and Thunder Bay. Frank Leo, appointed in February 2023, is the current Archbishop of Toronto.

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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.