Diocese of London, Ontario Diœcesis Londonensis | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Toronto |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Toronto |
| Deaneries | 7 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 21,349 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%) |
| Parishes | 131 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | February 21, 1856 |
| Cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica |
| Patron saint | The Immaculate Conception & St. Patrick |
| Secular priests | 169 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ronald Peter Fabbro |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Frank 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.