The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (ACBO) (''Assemblée des évêques catholiques de l'Ontario'' in
French) is the association of Catholic bishops in the Province of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
. It is involved in providing information about the moral positions of the
Catholic Church
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in all aspects of public life. It works alongside the
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB; french: Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada) is the national assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in Canada. It was founded in 1943, and was officially recognized by the Holy ...
on a regional level, while other bishops' assemblies do similar work in other parts of Canada.
Members
The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario includes the bishops of 12 dioceses and 4 eparchies as well as the bishop of the
Military Ordinariate of Canada
The Military Ordinariate of Canada (french: Ordinariat militaire du Canada, la, Ordinariatus Militaris Canadensis) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church.
It is immediately Exemption (Catholic canon law), exempt to the Ho ...
, who is a member of all four regional episcopal assemblies in Canada.
In 2021 its president is
Ronald Peter Fabbro, bishop of
London
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.
The ACBO includes the bishops of the following Catholic jurisdictions:
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Diocese of Hamilton
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Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee
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Archdiocese of Kingston
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Diocese of London
The Diocese of London forms part of the Church of England's Province of Canterbury in England.
It lies directly north of the Thames. For centuries the diocese covered a vast tract and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north ...
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Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall
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Diocese of Pembroke
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Diocese of Sault Ste Marie
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Diocese of Peterborough
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Diocese of Saint Catharines
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Diocese of Thunder Bay
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Diocese of Timmins
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Archdiocese of Toronto
The Archdiocese of Toronto ( la, Archidioecesis Torontina) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario. Its archbishop is also the ecclesiastical provincial for the dioceses of Hamilton, London, Saint Catharines ...
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Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto
The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite) in Canada.
It depends directly on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, but it not pa ...
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Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga is an eparchy for all Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada.
It comprises 53 parishes which includes both churches and missions, with churches or missions in most provinces of Canada. It is currently the ...
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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto
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 ...
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Military Ordinariate of Canada
The Military Ordinariate of Canada (french: Ordinariat militaire du Canada, la, Ordinariatus Militaris Canadensis) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church.
It is immediately Exemption (Catholic canon law), exempt to the Ho ...
References
External links
Official websiteCanadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic Church in Ontario
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