Quick Facts

• Ordained on June 4, 1955 
  
  
• 1957-1960 taught latin @ of St. Augustine’s Seminary
  
  
• 1971-76 Dean of St. Augustine’s Seminary 
  
  
• Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on May 27, 1976 
  
  
• Coadjutor Archbishop on May 22, 1986 
  
  
• Became Archbishop of Toronto on March 17, 1990 
  
  
• Named Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 18 January 1998 and invested on 21 February 1998
  
  
• Celebrated his Golden Jubilee as a priest on 8 June 2005 
  
  
• Celebrated 30 years as Bishop, May 27, 2006
  
  
• Retired as Archbishop of Toronto, December 16, 2006