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      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers.

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burial are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burial are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burial are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      Decreed at the IV Lateran Council in 1215 and enshrined in Canon Law 51, the original intention of banns was to prevent clandestine marriages. By the Council of Trent in 1563, the provisions governing marriage banns was made more precise. The names of the contracting parties were now announced publicly …

     

      In what was then known as the Village of Brockton, the first church was erected by the villagers in 1871 and completed in 1872. According to one Mary F. Mallon, "All the children from the Separate School turned out to dig the foundation of St. Helen's Church. The Parishioners brought …

      The cornerstone for the first church, containing a piece of rock from Lourdes, was laid on Sunday, May 10th 1874, by Archbishop Lynch. He also consecrated the new cemetery that same day. The church, which was Gothic in style, was completed in 1875. On St. Patrick's Day, 1978, the final …

      The oldest Catholic church in Etobicoke, the first services were held at Eden Court, the home of Mr. Edward Stock. One of only three remaining Victorian Houses on Royal York Road, it has recently been declared a historic building. Mr. Stock donated land for the original church in 1895, which …

      Built in 1901, the cornerstone for St. John the Evangelist church was laid on Sun. Aug 4th by Archbishop Denis O’Connor. Built in the English Gothic style out of solid red brick with a spire on the outside, the church can hold up to 300-400 people. The interior is finished …

      The cornerstone for Holy Rosary Parish was laid on May 8, 1892, with the novitiate and chapel in use by fall of that year. As the congregation continued to grow, it was deemed necessary to construct a larger church to accommodate the faithful. The parish church of St. Neots in …

      Modelled after Santa Maria del Populo in Rome, the cornerstone for Our Lady of Lourdes was blessed on June 10, 1885. The church was completed in the fall of 1886 and solemnly dedicated on October 28, 1886 by Archbishop Lynch. By 1910 the congregation had outgrown the small church and …

      First established in 1902, Holy Family Parish has been served by the Fathers of the Oratory of St. Philip of Neri since 1979. A devastating fire gutted the original church on June 13, 1997. A new and larger Church was constructed on the site beginning in the fall of 1999 …

      The original church was a small wooden building on William Street (renamed St. Patrick Street in 1918). It was burnt down on June 22, 1865. Father J.M. Laurent, the first resident pastor appointed in 1867, built the fine Gothic Church in 1869 and was completed in 1870. The new church …

      In 1887, Father Philippe Lamarche became the founding priest of the parish of the Sacred Heart. The foundation has a significant date: June 24, the feast of Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of French Canadians. The first Church of the Sacred Heart, was located at 438 King Street East, …

      The cornerstone for Sacred Heart Parish was blessed on June 1, 1864 with church opening on January 6, 1865. In 1959, Rev. Andrew Marynen initiated the building of a new church. Because the church was demolished so the current church could be built on the same site, services were held …

      The first St. Andrew's church was built in 1884 when Fr. Michael Davis began work on the rectory. In 1913, the parish hall and sheds were erected. In 1920 plans were begun for the demolition of the old church and the construction of a new one. The cornerstone for the …

      Inspired by the Romanesque style of architecture, construction for the St. Ann's we are familiar with today was begun on July 1st, 1921. The cornerstone was laid and blessed on September 18, 1921. The church was completed in the same month of the following year and was blessed by Archbishop …

      The fourth church to be established in Toronto occupying the area once known as Clover Hill, the cornerstone for St. Basil's church was laid on Sunday, September 16, 1855 with the church opening on September 14, 1856. In November of that year, a solemn dedication was held presided over by …

      First established in 1855 under Bishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, P.S.S., Uptergrove is the oldest parish in the northern part of the Archdiocese of Toronto. The first church to occupy the site was a frame church built by Father John Synnott in 1856. It was located where the vault in the …