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Metropolitan see Toronto, Canada

Archdiocese of Toronto

Torontin(us)

Latin Church

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering southern Ontario, erected as a diocese in 1841 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1870. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, and Thunder Bay, and is led by Cardinal Frank Leo.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica, in Toronto, Canada.

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Established
1841
Catholics
2,061,600
Priests
781
Territory
13,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Francis Leo

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The cathedral

St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica 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

Part of the province of Ontario belongs to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitana Torontina), a Latin Church archdiocese whose archbishop also serves as ecclesiastical provincial for the dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines, and Thunder Bay. Frank Leo, appointed in February 2023, is the current Archbishop of Toronto.

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Stories that name this see

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  • Father Luis Melo stands with Jewish brethren after synagogue attack

    Sep 24, 2026 · Religious Freedom · 10 sources

  • Saskatoon Conference Marks Major Step in the Development of Catechesis in Canada

    More than 50 catechists from across Canada met in Saskatoon from Sept. 4 to 6 for the first Canadian Catechist Conference. During the event, Bishop Michael Smolinski of the Eparchy of Saskatoon announced the establishment of the first Ukrainian Catholic Catechetical School in Canada, which will be based at the Cathedral of St. George. The gathering grew from the National Catechists Group, an initiative of the Patriarchal Commission in Canada. For the past year, this group has held monthly online sessions to help catechists exchange ideas and build relationships. Attendees included Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski of New Westminster, who serves as Head of the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission, and Bishop David Motiuk of Edmonton. Nazar Duda, the Director of the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv and Deputy Head of the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission, also participated.

    Sep 23, 2026 · Bishops

  • Archbishop Frank Cardinal Leo celebrates ShareLife’s 50th anniversary

    Aug 22, 2026 · Dioceses

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