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March 25, 2023

Francis Leo installed as Archbishop of Toronto

Bishop Francis Leo is installed as Archbishop of Toronto at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica in Toronto, March 25, 2023.

His Grace Francis Leo offered up gratitude to Christ as he was made Archbishop of Toronto at a Mass in a packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica that was equally filled with the spirit of the Annunciation.

Published in Canada
February 16, 2023

Montreal sending bishops to Toronto a historical Hab-it

Archbishop-elect Frank Leo, seen here at his episcopal ordination in Montreal, September 2022.

The news came at 5:25 a.m. CST on Feb. 11. Despite my years of absence, big news from home can still rattle me awake: Pope Francis had named Bishop Frank Leo, auxiliary bishop of Montreal, to succeed Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto.

Published in Canada
February 15, 2023

Verbatim: ‘I will bring ... all that I am and all that I have’

Archbishop-elect Frank Leo at his episcopal ordination in Montreal in 2022. Leo has been named the new Archbishop of Toronto.

Greetings Message to the People of God in the Archdiocese of Toronto from Archbishop-designate Most Rev. Francis Leo

Published in Verbatim
February 11, 2023

Cardinal Collins retirement to be filled by Montreal’s Bishop Leo

Cardinal Collins, archbishop of Toronto, presides at Mass for Truth and Reconciliation Day, Sept. 30, 2022.

On hearing that Montreal Bishop Frank Leo would succeed him as Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins immediately thought of Toronto’s first bishop, Michael Power. At a parish feast day Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes, downtown Toronto, Collins reminded the congregation how Toronto’s first bishop also came from Montreal and was also, as a priest, vicar of English-speaking Montrealers.

Published in Canada
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