Diocese of London (Ontario)
Diocese of London (Ontario) | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Canada |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toronto |
Diocesan bishop | Ronald Peter Fabbro CSB |
Auxiliary bishop | Józef Dąbrowski CSMA |
surface | 21,349 km² |
Parishes | 104 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 2,166,530 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 829.004 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 38.3% |
Diocesan priest | 149 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 4,104 |
Permanent deacons | 65 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 473 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St Peter's |
address | 1070 Waterloo Street London, Ontario, N6A3Y2 |
Website | dol.ca |
The Diocese of London ( Latin Dioecesis Londonensis , English Diocese of London ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada with its seat in London . It extends across the counties of Elgin , Essex , Huron , Kent , Lambton , Middlesex , Norfolk , Oxford and Perth in southwestern Ontario .
The diocese was established on February 21, 1855. From 1859 to 1869 the seat was in Sandwich, today Windsor (Ontario) . The seat of the bishop is St Peter's Cathedral in London, Ontario. It was built from 1880 to 1885 in neo-Gothic style and in 1961 raised to the status of a minor basilica .
Ronald Peter Fabbro has been bishop since 2002 .
List of bishops
- 1856–1866 Pierre Adolphe Pinsoneault
- 1867-1889 John Walsh
- 1890-1899 Denis T. O'Connor CSB
- 1899-1908 Fergus Patrick McEvay
- 1909-1931 Michael Francis Fallon OMI
- 1931–1950 John Thomas Kidd
- 1950–1963 John Christopher Cody
- 1964-1988 Gerald Emmett Carter
- 1978-2002 John Michael Sherlock
- since 2002 Ronald Peter Fabbro CSB
Web links
- Website of the diocese (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of London on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Ronald Peter Fabbro on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 5, 2018.