Ukrainian Diocese of

Toronto

Canada

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Toronto / Torontin(us) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Winnipeg

Neighbouring Dioceses: Winnipeg (←), Saint Nicholas of Chicago (↓), Stamford (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

History

1948.01.19: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada (from Apostolic Exarchate of Canada)
1951.03.10: Renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Toronto / Torontin(us) Ucrainorum (Latin)
1956.11.03: Promoted as Diocese of Toronto / Torontin(us) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Winnipeg)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 940 The East Mall, Suite 201, ON M9B 6J7, Canada

Phone: +1 (416) 746-0154

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.04.28 – ...):

Bishop Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.SS.R. (64)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Toronto (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.SS.R. (64)
(2022.04.28 – ...)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

You will be my witnesses

Born:	1961.08.21 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.06.27

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2008.05.02 – 2022.04.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2019.11.09 – 2022.04.28)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2022.04.28 – ...)

Bishop Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.SS.R. (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.11.09 – 2022.04.28)

Bishop Stephen Victor Chmilar
(2003.05.03 – 2019.11.09)

Паси Овец Моих

Born:	1945.05.24 (Lamont, AB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.07.23
Died:	2024.12.21 (Stony Creek, ON, Canada † 79)

Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (1972.06.11 – 1991)

Priest of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1991 – 2003.05.03)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2003.05.03 – 2019.11.09)

Bishop Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.
(1998.07.01 – 2003.05.03)

Born:	1927.03.27 (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.17
Died:	2014.01.30 († 86)

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1995.11.06 – 1998.07.01)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1998.07.01 – 2003.05.03)

Bishop Roman Danylak
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1992.12.16 – 1998.06.16)

Bishop Isidore Borecky
(1956.11.03 – 1998.06.16)

In Deo faciemus virtutem

Born:	1911.10.01 (Ostrovets, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1938.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.27
Died:	2003.07.23 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 91)

Priest of Central Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1938.07.17 – 1948.03.03)

Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1948.03.03 – 1951.03.10)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro (1948.03.03 – 1956.11.03)

Apostolic Exarch of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1998.06.16)

Apostolic Exarchs of Toronto (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Isidore Borecky
(1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03)

(see above)

Apostolic Exarchs of Eastern Canada (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Isidore Borecky
(1948.03.03 – 1951.03.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. (1964.08.25 – 1980.10.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Josaphat’s Cathedral, Toronto, Ontario
National Shrine: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine, Ottawa, Ontario
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (63)

Winnipeg (←), Saint Nicholas of Chicago (↓), Stamford (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 22,100 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 55 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 73 priests (71 diocesan, 2 religious), 14 deacons, 18 religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.06.29

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