Diocese of

Hamilton

Canada Canada

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hamilton / Hamiltonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Toronto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Annunciation of the Lord (March 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 19 (1933)

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History

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 700 King St. W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1C7, Canada

Phone: +1 (905) 528-7988

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.09.24 – ...):Bishop David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (75)Bishop David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (75)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.11.21 – ...):Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger (57)Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger (57)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hamilton (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (75)Bishop David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (75)
(2010.09.24 – ...)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada)

Trahe nos

Born:1949.06.28 (Marathon, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1975.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:1998.01.02

Bishop of Labrador City–Schefferville (Canada) (1997.10.24 – 2007.05.31)

Bishop of Saint George’s (Canada) (2003.08.06 – 2007.05.31)

Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador (Canada) (2007.05.31 – 2010.09.24)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (2010.09.24 – ...)

Vice-President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2013.09.25 – 2015.09.15)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (2015.09.15 – 2017.09.27)

Bishop Anthony Frederick Tonnos (89)Bishop Anthony Frederick Tonnos (89)
(1984.05.02 – 2010.09.24)

Bishop emeritus of Hamilton (Canada)

Incrementum dat Deus / God gives the growth

Born:1935.08.01 (Port Colborne, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1961.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:1983.07.12

Priest of Saint Catharines (Canada) (1961.05.27 – 1983.05.13)

Titular Bishop of Nationa (1983.05.13 – 1984.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1983.05.13 – 1984.05.02)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1984.05.02 – 2010.09.24)

Bishop Paul Francis Reding
(1973.09.14 – 1983.12.08)

Mater viventium

Born:1925.02.14 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1950.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1966.09.14
Died:1983.12.08 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Liberalia (1966.07.02 – 1973.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1966.07.02 – 1973.09.14)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1973.09.14 – 1983.12.08)

Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan
(1937.08.16 – 1973.03.27)

In sanctitate et justitia

Born:1897.03.01 (Dundas, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1921.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1937.10.19
Died:1990.03.22 († 93)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1937.08.16 – 1973.03.27)

Bishop John Thomas McNally (later Archbishop)
(1924.08.12 – 1937.02.17)

Te rectore Domine te duce

Born:1871.06.24 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1896.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1913.06.01
Died:1952.11.18 († 81)

Bishop of Calgary (Canada) (1913.04.04 – 1924.08.12)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1924.08.12 – 1937.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1937.02.17 – 1952.11.18)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Dowling
(1889.01.11 – 1924.08.06)

Born:1840.02.28 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1864.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:1887.05.01
Died:1924.08.06 († 84)

Bishop of Peterborough (Canada) (1886.12.14 – 1889.01.11)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1889.01.11 – 1924.08.06)

Bishop James Joseph Carbery, O.P.
(1883.09.04 – 1887.12.17)

Born:1823.04.30 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1846
Consecrated Bishop:1883.11.11
Died:1887.12.17 († 64)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1883.09.04 – 1887.12.17)

Bishop Peter Francis Crinnon
(1874.02.03 – 1882.11.25)

In omnibus caritas

Born:1818 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1854.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1874.04.19
Died:1882.11.25 († 63)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1874.02.03 – 1882.11.25)

Bishop John Farrell
(1856.02.29 – 1873.09.26)

Born:1820.06.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1845.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:1856.05.11
Died:1873.09.26 († 53)

Bishop of Hamilton (Canada) (1856.02.29 – 1873.09.26)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (145)

London (↙), Toronto (→), Saint Catharines (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,824 km²

Population: 739,121 Catholics (30.4% of 2,435,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 120 parishes

Personnel: 194 priests (130 diocesan, 64 religious), 51 deacons, 231 religious (73 brothers, 158 sisters), 10 seminarians

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