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Diocese of London

Dioecesis Londonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • See Transferred: 15 November 1869
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Toronto
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Ontario
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 21,349 (8,246 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Ontario
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: L
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dol.ca/
  • Mailing Address: 1070 Waterloo Street, London, ON N6A 3Y2, Canada
  • Telephone: (519)433-0658
  • Fax: 433-0011

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of London
21 February 1855ErectedDiocese of Toronto (Counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Kent, Lambton, Huron, Perth, Oxford, and Norfolk.) Diocese of London (erected)
Diocese of Sandwich
2 February 1859Name ChangedDiocese of London Diocese of Sandwich
Diocese of London
15 November 1869See TransferredDiocese of Sandwich Diocese of London
18 March 1870Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of London (from Québec)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of London
1950131,755711,32918.5%187722595081221,096105ap1951
1966207,164966,29121.4%272142414500167136172ap1967
1970265,8611,038,34525.6%2601183787031931,016144ap1971
1976298,3801,120,70026.6%240134374797188856144ap1977
1980318,9571,207,00026.4%238117355898144777144ap1981
1990369,8931,237,00029.9%240983381,094122555147ap1991
1999444,7271,389,77232.0%211772881,544283473147ap2000
2000449,1741,403,66932.0%204772811,59882473148ap2001
2001455,0131,421,91632.0%209722811,61977444148ap2004
2004622,1381,944,18232.0%214702842,190475444146ap2005
2013802,0002,096,00038.3%152572093,8374963473107ap2014
2016829,0042,166,53038.3%149532024,1036554473104ap2017
2019859,7302,246,84538.3%129531824,7237256473104ap2020
2021884,2002,310,90038.3%132521844,8056756465104ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of London
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 178

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