Ordinaries of Toronto

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MICHAEL POWER

Date of Birth

17 Oct. 1804

(Bp. 1842-1847)

Appointed by Rome

17 Dec. 1841

 

Consecrated

8 May 1842

 

Installed as 1st Bishop

26 June 1842

 

Date of Death

1 Oct 1847

 

 

 

ARMAND F. M. DE CHARBONNEL

Date of Birth

1 Dec. 1802

(Bp. 1850-1860)

Appointed by Rome

15 Mar. 1850

 

Consecrated as 2nd Bishop

26 May 1850

 

Resigned

29 Apr. 1860

 

Date of Death

29 Mar. 1891

 

 

 

JOHN JOSEPH LYNCH, C.M.

Date of Birth

6 Feb. 1816

(Bp. 1860-1870)

Appointed Co-adjutor Bp.

26 Aug. 1859

(Abp. 1870-1888)

Consecrated Co-ad. Bp.

20 Nov. 1859

 

Succeeded as 3rd Bp.

29 Apr. 1860

 

1st Archbishop of Toronto

18 Mar. 1870

 

Date of Death

12 May 1888

 

 

 

JOHN WALSH

Date of Birth

23 May 1830

(Abp. 1889-1898)

Appointed by Rome

13 Aug. 1889

 

Installed as 2nd Abp.

27 Nov. 1889

 

Date of Death

30 July 1898

 

 

 

DENIS O'CONNOR, C.S.B.

Date of Birth

26 Mar. 1841

(Abp. 1899-1908)

Appointed by Rome

7 Jan. 1899

 

Installed as 3rd Abp.

3 May 1899

 

Resigned

4 May 1908

 

Date of Death

30 June 1911

 

 

 

FERGUS P. McEVAY

Date of Birth

8 Dec. 1852

(Abp. 1908-1911)

Appointed by Rome

13 Apr. 1908

 

Installed as 4th Abp.

17 June 1908

 

Date of Death

10 May 1911

 

 

 

NEIL McNEIL

Date of Birth

23 Nov. 1851

(Abp. 1912-1934)

Appointed by Rome

10 Apr. 1912

 

Installed as 5th Abp.

22 Dec. 1912

 

Date of Death

25 May 1934

 

 

 

JAMES C. CARDINAL McGUIGAN

Date of Birth

26 Nov. 1894

(Abp. 1934-1971)

Appointed by Rome

22 Dec. 1934

 

Installed as 6th Abp.

20 Mar. 1935

 

Created Cardinal

18 Feb. 1946

 

Resigned as Ordinary

18 Feb. 1961

 

Resigned as Archbishop

30 Mar. 1971

 

Date of Death

8 Apr. 1974

 

 

 

PHILIP F. POCOCK

Date of Birth

2 July 1906

(Abp. 1971-1978)

Appointed Co-adjutor Abp.

18 Feb. 1961

 

Succeeded as 7th Abp.

30 Mar. 1971

 

Resigned

29 Apr. 1978

 

Date of Death

6 Sep. 1984

 

 

 

G. EMMETT CARDINAL CARTER

Date of Birth

1 Mar. 1912

(Abp. 1978-1990)

Appointed by Rome

29 Apr. 1978

 

Installed as 8th Abp.

5 June 1978

 

Created Cardinal

30 June 1979

 

Resigned as Archbishop

17 Mar. 1990

 

Date of Death

6 Apr. 2003

 

 

 

ALOYSIUS M. CARDINAL AMBROZIC

Date of Birth

27 Jan. 1930

(Abp. 1990-2006)

Appointed Aux. Bp.

26 Mar. 1976

 

Consecrated

27 May 1976

 

Appointed Co-adjutor Abp.

22 May 1986

 

Succeeded as 9th Abp.

17 Mar. 1990

 

Created Cardinal

18 Jan. 1998

  Resigned as Archbishop 16 Dec. 2006
     

THOMAS CHRISTOPHER COLLINS

Date of Birth

16 Jan. 1947

(Abp. 2006-     )

Appointed by Rome

16 Dec. 2006

 

Installed as 10th Abp.

30 Jan. 2007

 



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