Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario

Diocese of London, Ontario

Diœcesis Londonensis
Coat of arms
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Toronto
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Toronto
Deaneries7
Statistics
Area21,349 km2 (8,243 sq mi)
The territory comprises the following counties of Ontario: Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent, & Essex.
Population
- Total
- Catholics

1,944,182
444,310 (22.8%)
Parishes131
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedFebruary 21, 1856; 168 years ago (1856-02-21)
CathedralSt. Peter's Cathedral Basilica
Patron saintThe Immaculate Conception
& St. Patrick
Secular priests169
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRonald Peter Fabbro
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrank Leo
Website
dol.ca

The Diocese of London (Latin: Diœcesis Londonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto.

The present episcopal see of the diocese, St. Peter's Cathedral in London, Ontario, was built in a French Gothic Revival style from 1880 to 1885. It was raised to the status of a minor basilica by Pope John XXIII in December, 1961.