Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada Eparchia Torontinus Ucrainorum Українська Католицька Єпархія Торонто й Східньої Канади | |
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Location | |
Territory | Ontario and Eastern Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Winnipeg |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Population - Catholics | 36,910 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | November 3, 1956 |
Cathedral | St. Josaphat Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Bryan Bayda, CSsR |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Lawrence Huculak Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg |
Website | |
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The Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the eastern part of Canada, primarily Ontario.
The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. Its cathedral is St. Josaphat’s Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Toronto. The eparchy also administers a national shrine, the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine, in Ottawa. On 28 April 2022 Pope Francis named Eparch Bryan Bayda of the Eparchy of Saskatoon as eparchial bishop.