Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario

Diocese of London, Ontario Dioecesis Londonensis
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Toronto
Statistics
Area	21,349 km2 (8,243 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	1,944,182 622,138
Information
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
Current leadership
Bishop	Most Rev. Ronald Peter Fabbro, CSB
Website
rcec.london.on.ca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of London (Latin: Dioecesis Londonensis) was created out of the Diocese of Toronto, along with the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, by Pope Pius IX on February 21, 1856. Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault 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 also runs St. Peter's Seminary, which is now affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. The Diocese covers the counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent, and Essex.

Bishops of London

• Bishop Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault (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.
• Auxiliary Bishop: vacant; Robert Anthony Daniels was named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
• Bishop Emeritus: John Michael Sherlock

See also

• St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica
• St. Peter's Seminary
• Our Lady of the Assumption

External links and references

• Roman Catholic Diocese of London official site
• St. Peter's Seminary (Diocese of London, Ontario)
• "Diocese of London". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlond.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13. 
•  "London (Ontario)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.