St. Thomas's Anglican Church (Toronto)

St Thomas's Anglican Church
Church façade on Huron Street
St Thomas's Anglican Church is located in Toronto
St Thomas's Anglican Church
St Thomas's Anglican Church
43°39′57″N 79°24′02″W / 43.6659°N 79.4005°W / 43.6659; -79.4005
Location383 Huron Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2G5
DenominationAnglican Church of Canada
TraditionAnglo-Catholic
ChurchmanshipHigh Church
Websitestthomas.on.ca
History
Founded1874 (1874)
DedicationThomas the Apostle
Architecture
Heritage designationToronto Designated Part IV
Designated1976[1]
Architect(s)Eden Smith
Architectural typeArts and Crafts
Administration
ProvinceOntario
DioceseToronto
ArchdeaconrySouth
DeaneryParkdale
ParishSt Thomas, Huron Street
Clergy
RectorRev. Nathan J.A. Humphrey
Assistant priest(s)Rev. James Shire
Honorary priest(s)Rev. Ian D. Nichols
Rev. Jeffry Kennedy
Rev. Roy A. Hoult
(Rector Emeritus)
Laity
Organist/Director of musicElizabeth Anderson Manuel Piazza (assistant)
Churchwarden(s)Matthew Aggus
Kevin Blagrave
Suzanne Coultes
Elizabeth Aaltonen
Parish administratorChristine Cover
St Thomas's Church, Huron Street logo

St. Thomas's Church, Huron Street is a parish of the Anglican Church of Canada in Toronto, Ontario. One of the earliest Anglo-Catholic congregations in Canada, it was established in 1874, moving twice before settling into its present building, adjacent to the Annex on the western edge of the University of Toronto's downtown campus.

The liturgy and music at St. Thomas's make it a destination church. Many people who do not live within the boundaries of the parish attend its services, especially students, staff, and faculty at the University of Toronto. The parish describes itself as "an active and welcoming Anglo-Catholic parish rooted in Scripture, Reason, and Tradition."[2]

St. Thomas's currently has two full-time priests, the Rector and an Interim Associate Priest, being the Rev'd Fr. Nathan J. A. Humphrey and the Rev'd Fr. James Shire respectively, who are assisted by honorary associate priests. There is also a choirmaster and assistant choirmaster, currently being Elizabeth Anderson and Manuel Piazza.

  1. ^ "Heritage Property Detail: 383 Huron Street". City of Toronto's Heritage Property Search. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Mission Statement". St. Thomas’s Church, Toronto. Retrieved 2023-02-22.