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
- 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:
- Diocese of LondonLondon
- 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 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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].