Suffragan eastern exarchate Toronto, Canada
Diocese of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii Torontini Slovachorum ritus Byzantini
Ruthenian Catholic Church
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.
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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.
- Byzantine Catholic Slovak Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of GodUnionville · CathedralView parish
- St. Michael’s Slovak Byzantine Catholic ChurchWindsorView parish
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Slovak Byzantine Catholic ChurchHamiltonView parish
- The Protection of the Mother of God Slovak Byzantine Catholic ChurchOshawaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.