Archives Program

• Promotes an understanding of the origins, aims and goals of the Archdiocese as reflected in the work of the agencies, parishes and institutions, by preserving their documentary heritage.

Records Management Program

• Applies measures and provides consultation to systematically control the management of records created or acquired by archdiocesan offices, agencies and parishes.
• Assists archdiocesan offices and agencies in achieving economy and efficiency in the creation, maintenance and disposition of records.

Parish Sacramental Records Microfilming Program

• A cyclical microfilm program mandated by the Office of the Chancellor of Spiritual Affairs was designed and implemented in 1993.
• The Sacramental Registers, including baptisms, marriages, confirmations, first communions and deaths of every parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto are microfilmed within a 5-year time period called a cycle.
• It takes one week per month (Monday-Friday), called a microfilm run, to execute the project's procedures.
• With about 220 parishes in the Archdiocese of Toronto, 4 or 5 parishes are processed per run in order to complete microfilming within one 5-year cycle.
• For information on searching Sacramental Records please see our Services and Genealogy pages.

AF.97 Detail of a portable Crozier
(unidentified as to Bishop)