Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario
- For namesakes, see Diocese of London (disambiguation)
Diocese of London, Ontario
Dioecesis Londonensis
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The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Ontario |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toronto |
Deaneries | 7 |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). The territory comprises the following counties of Ontario: Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent, & Essex. |
Population - Total - Catholics |
1,944,182 444,310 (22.8%) |
Parishes | 131 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite (or Roman) |
Established | February 21, 1856 |
Cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica |
Patron saint | The Immaculate Conception & St. Patrick |
Secular priests | 169 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ronald Peter Fabbro |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Christopher Collins |
Auxiliary Bishops | Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski |
Emeritus Bishops | John Michael Sherlock |
Website | |
dol.ca |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of London (Latin: Dioecesis Londonensis) is a Canadian suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto in Ontario.
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History
The diocese was created out of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toronto (now a Metropolitan Archdiocese), along with the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, by Pope Pius IX on February 21, 1856. Pierre-Adolphe Pinsonnault was named the first Bishop of London on May 18 of that year. In 1859, Bishop Pinsoneault moved the seat of the diocese to Sandwich, on the Detroit River; the diocese was transferred back to London in November 1869, under Bishop John Walsh.
The present Cathedral of the Diocese, St. Peter's, was built in a French Gothic Revival style from 1880 to 1885. It was raised to the status of a minor basilica by Pope John XXIII in December, 1961.
The Diocese covers the counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent and Essex.
The Diocese also runs St. Peter's Seminary, which is now affiliated with the University of Western Ontario.
Bishops of London, Ontario
- Bishop Pierre-Adolphe Pinsonnault (May 13, 1856 - December 18, 1866)
- Bishop John Walsh (November 10, 1867 - July 25, 1889)
- Bishop Denis O'Connor, C.S.B. (October 19, 1890 – 1899)
- Bishop Fergus Patrick McEvay (August 6, 1899 - April 13, 1908)
- Bishop Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I. (April 25, 1910 - February 22, 1931)
- Bishop Thomas Kidd (July 3, 1931 - June 2, 1950)
- Bishop John Christopher Cody (June 2, 1950 – December 5, 1963)
- Bishop Gerald Emmett Carter (February 17, 1964 - April 29, 1978) (Latterly Cardinal Archbishop of Toronto)
- Bishop John Michael Sherlock (July 8, 1978 - April 27, 2002)
- Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B. (August 15, 2002 - Present)
Incumbent bishops
- Bishop: Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.
- Bishop Emeritus: John Michael Sherlock
See also
- Ecclesiastical Province of Toronto
- St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica
- St. Peter's Seminary
- Our Lady of the Assumption
References
Bibliography
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External links
- Articles containing Latin-language text
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference
- Roman Catholic bishops by diocese
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Toronto
- Organizations based in London, Ontario
- 1856 establishments in Canada