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Suffragan eastern exarchate Toronto, Canada

Diocese of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto

Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii Torontini Slovachorum ritus Byzantini

Eastern Catholic jurisdiction for Toronto erected in 1980, originally for Slovaks of the Byzantine Rite and transferred in 2022 to the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church as an exarchate within the Metropolis of Pittsburgh. It is sede vacante with Bishop Kurt Burnette of Passaic serving as apostolic administrator. Note: this is an Eastern Catholic eparchy/exarchate, not a Latin Rite diocese as the input label states.

On the map

Esri
Toronto, Canada, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1980
Catholics
4,800
Priests
4
Territory
9,984,670 km²

Parishes and churches

4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Apostolic Administrator
Kurt Burnette
Born
7 November 1955
Birthplace
Fakenham

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Toronto stands in Toronto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The whole territory of Canada falls within the remit of the Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Latin: Exarchatus Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii Torontini ritus Byzantini; Slovak: Exarchát svätých Cyrila a Metoda byzantského obradu v Toronte). This exarchate serves the Slovak Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church that is sui juris, meaning self governing.