Master List of Parishes and Churches

Master List of Parishes and Churches | ARCAT 2013 | page 1
Please note: This list only includes churches/communities that existed prior to 1910 in the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Church Name
Location
Guardian Angels
Church
Guardian Angels
Church
Brampton
Orillia
1855
1858
Holy Family
Church
Holy Martyrs of
Japan Church
Toronto
1900
1903
Bradford
1864
Holy Rosary
Church
Toronto
1892
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
See St. Mary’s Church, Brampton
St. Columbkille’s Church, Orillia
(Uptergrove) (1855-1866);
St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene (prior to 1855)
St. Helen’s Church, Toronto
•
•
St. John Chrysostom Church,
•
Newmarket;
•
St. Mary’s Church, Barrie; St.
Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto;
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto; Father •
Gordon’s records
1893
St. Basil’s Church, Toronto
Missing Records: 1854-1858
Served areas of: Uptergrove
(Orillia) (prior to 1875);
Brechin (prior to 1884)
Established as a parish in 1940
Mission of St. John
Chrysostom, Newmarket (prior
to 1940)
See ARCAT Holy Martyrs of
Japan, Bradford microfilm reel
#1, item #2 records labelled as
St. Francis Xavier, West
Gwillimbury (1855-1857)
• See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
Established as parish 1909?
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Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Church Name
Location
Immaculate
Conception
Mission Church
Alliston
1855
(North Adjala
or Arlington)
St. Paul the Apostle Church,
Alliston; St. James Church,
Colgan (prior to 1865)
Immaculate
Conception
Church
Port Perry
1861
Our Lady of
Lourdes Church
Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel Church
Our Lady of the
Assumption
Mission Church
Our Lady of the
Assumption
Mission Church
Sacre-Coeur
(Sacred Heart)
Church
Sacred Heart
Mission Church
Toronto
1886
1887
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,
•
Uxbridge (after 1875); St.
•
Joseph’s Church, Beaverton (prior
to 1875); St. Gregory the Great
•
Church, Oshawa; St. John
Chrysostom Church, Newmarket
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto
Toronto
1908
1908
St. Patrick’s Church, Toronto
Belle Ewart
1860
St. Mary’s Church, Barrie
•
Mission of St. John Vianney,
Barrie
Brentwood
1871
•
Mission of Our Lady of Grace,
Angus
Toronto
1887
St. Mary’s Church, Barrie (18721908); St. Patrick’s Church,
Stayner (1908-1982)
St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto
Warminster
1883
Guardian Angels Church, Orillia
(1883-1916); St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene (prior to 1883)
Elmbank (5th
Line, Peel)
Uxbridge
1865
Mission of: Guardian Angels,
Orillia (1883-1916 and after
1966); St. Louis, Mount St.
Louis (1916-1966)
See St. Kevin’s Church, Elmbank
(5th Line, Peel)
• Established as a parish in 1875
• Mission of St. Malachy’s, Brock
(Vroomanton) (1865-1875)
• Served the areas of: Markham
Sacred Heart of
Jesus Church
Sacred Heart of
Jesus Church
1888
1876
St. Joseph’s Church, Beaverton
(1865-1876); St. Gregory the
Great Church, Oshawa (prior to
1865)
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•
•
Established as a parish 18651883 and 1921-1980
Mission of: St. James. Colgan
(1855-1865); St. Paul the
Apostle, Alliston (1883-1921
and after 1980)
Established as a parish in 1975
Missing Records: some
Marriage records 1911-1913
Served the area of Markham
(prior to May 1931)
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Church Name
Sacred Hearts of
Jesus and Mary
Church
St. Alphonsus
Mission Church
St. Andrew’s
Church
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
(1875-September 1931); Port
Perry (1875-1975)
• See ARCAT microfilm reel #3,
item #1 for Marriage records
1895-1911
See St. Mary ‘s Church, Barrie
Barrie
Lockton
(Caledon
Township)
Brechin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
See St. John the Evangelist
Church, Albion
1868
1884
St. Ann’s Church
Penetanguish
ene
1835
1835
St. Ann’s Church
Toronto
1909
1909
St. Columbkille’s Church, Orillia
(Uptergrove) (1855-1884);
Guardian Angels Church, Orillia
(1858-1884); St. Joseph’s Church,
Beaverton (1854-1884); St. John
the Evangelist Church, Whitby
(1860-1884)
St. Raphael’s Church, Alexandria
(Archdiocese of Kingston)
St. Joseph’s Church (Leslie
Street), Toronto; St. Paul’s
Church, Toronto
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•
Established as a parish in 1884
Mission of St. Columbkille’s,
Orillia (Uptergrove) (18681884)
•
Served the areas of: Barrie and
Collingwood (prior to 1849);
Orillia (prior to 1855);
Lafontaine (prior to 1856);
Perkinsfield (prior to 1857);
Phelpston (prior to 1858);
Mount St. Louis (prior to
1861); Christian Island,
Midland, Victoria Harbour,
Warminster and Waubaushene
(prior to 1883); Stayner (18381857); Coldwater; Owen
Sound; Parry Sound;
Manitoulin Island
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
St. Anthony’s
Church
Toronto
1909
St. Anthony’s
Mission Church
Virginia
1857
St. Basil’s Church
Toronto
1856
5th Line,
Toronto
Township
St. Cecilia’s Church Toronto
St. Clare’s Mission Clairville
Church
Date
Records
Begin
1909
1858
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
St. Helen’s Church, Toronto; St.
Mary’s Church, Toronto; St.
Peter’s Church, Toronto
St. Joseph’s Church, Beaverton;
St. John Chrysostom Church,
Newmarket; St. Gregory the Great
Church, Oshawa
St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto;
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto
St. Bernard’s
Church
•
Mission of St. Joseph’s,
Beaverton
See St. Kevin’s Church, Elmbank
(5th Line, Peel)
1895
1850-1860
1895
1855
1855
St. Columbkille’s
Church
Orillia
(Uptergrove)
St. Columbkille’s
Mission Station
St. Cornelius
Mission Church
Irishtown
(Mississauga)
Caledon
1834
(Silver Creek)
St. Helen’s Church, Toronto
St. Patrick’s Church, Brampton
(Wildfield)
Guardian Angels Church, Orillia
(1856-1875); St. Gregory the
Great Church, Oshawa (prior to
1854)
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Albion (1867-1915); St. Patrick’s
Church, Brampton (Wildfield)
(1834-1867)
Mission of St. Patrick’s
Brampton (Wildfield) (1850s1912)
• Church was built in 1868 and
by 1912 was vacant so was
moved to St. Patrick’s
Brampton (Wildfield) for use
as a parish hall
• Missing Records: All records
from 1856 to 1875 were kept at
Guardian Angels Church,
Orillia
See St. Patrick’s Church,
Mississauga (Dixie)
• Established as a parish 18671908
• Mission of St. Patrick’s,
Brampton (Wildfield) (18341867); St. John the Evangelist,
Albion (1908-1915 and after
1981); St. Timothy, Orangeville
(1915-1981)
•
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Served the areas of: Albion
(1867-1908); Cataract,
Brampton and Orangeville
(1867-1885)
St. Timothy Church, Orangeville
• Mission of: St. James, Colgan
(1885-1900s); St. Paul the Apostle
(prior to 1865); Immaculate
Church, Alliston (1855-1885); St.
Conception, Alliston (North
James Church, Colgan (prior to
Adjala or Arlington) (18651883)
1883); St. Paul the Apostle,
Alliston (1883-1885); St.
Timothy, Orangeville (1885early 1900s)
St. Ann’s Church,
• Served the area of Perkinsfield
Penetanguishene
(prior to 1908)
See St. Joseph’s Church,
Mississauga (Streetsville)
•
St. Cyprian II
Church
Granger
1850s
Ste. Croix Church
Lafontaine
1856
St. Dunstan’s
Church
Mississauga
(Streetsville)
or (Township
of Toronto)
Pickering
(Ajax)
St. Francis de Sales
Church
St. Francis de Sales
Mission Church
St. Francis of
Assisi Mission
Church
West
Gwillimbury
Mono Mills
1856
mid 1840s
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Whitby (1860-1913); St. Gregory
the Great Church, Oshawa (18431860); St. Michael’s Cathedral,
Toronto; St. Paul’s Church,
Toronto
1850
St. Timothy Church, Orangeville
(after 1885); St. John the
Evangelist Church, Albion (18671885); St. James Church, Colgan
(1833-1867); St. Patrick’s Church,
Established as a parish in 1860
Mission of: St. Gregory the
Great, Oshawa (1843-1860); St.
John the Evangelist, Whitby
(1913-1942)
• Served the area of Highland
Creek (June 12, 1860 to May
10, 1914) (See St. John the
Evangelist Church, Whitby for
these records)
See St. John Francis Regis Mission
Church, West Gwillimbury
• Mission of St. Timothy,
Orangeville
• See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
•
•
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Brampton (Wildfield) (18301833); Father Gordon’s records
St. Francis of
Assisi Church
St. Francis Xavier
Mission Church
St. Francis Xavier
Mission Church
St. Francis Xavier
Mission Church
St. Gregory the
Great Church
St. Helen’s Church
St. James Church
Toronto
1903
Christian
Island
1894
Tottenham
1903
St. Mary’s Church, Toronto
St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene; Wikwemikong
(Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie);
Cape Croker (Diocese of
Hamilton)
St. James Church, Colgan; St.
Patrick’s Church, Schomberg
1885
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register 18301833, 1995 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1995)
West
Gwillimbury
Oshawa
1843
1843
St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto;
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto
Toronto
Colgan
1875
1833
1875
1833
St. Basil’s Church, Toronto
Father Gordon’s records
•
•
•
Mission of St. John the
Evangelist, Waubaushene
Served the area of Beausoliel
Island (Diocese of
Peterborough)
Mission of St. James, Colgan
See St. John Francis Regis Mission
Church, West Gwillimbury
• Served the areas of: Port Perry,
Uxbridge and Orillia
(Uptergrove); Beaverton and
Brock (prior to 1854);
Pickering (1843-1860); Whitby
(1843-1860 and 1891-1913);
Highland Creek (1847-1860)
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•
Established as a parish in 1833
Served the areas of: Mono
Mills (1833-1867); Alliston and
North Adjala (prior to 1865);
Nobleton, Schomberg and
Tecumseh (prior to 1876);
Granger (prior to 1883); Achill;
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
•
St. John’s Church
(Kingston Road)
St. John
Chrysostom
Church
Toronto
1892
1895
Newmarket
1841
1849
St. Joseph’s Church (Leslie
Street), Toronto
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto (prior
to 1849); Father Gordon’s records
•
•
•
Tottenham
See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
Established as a parish in 1909
Served the areas of: Barrie
(1849-1855); Collingwood and
Markham (1849-1858);
Richmond Hill, Thornhill and
Virginia (prior to 1854); Mount
St. Louis (prior to 1860s);
Bradford (prior to 1940); West
Gwillimbury; Port Perry
See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
St. John Francis
Regis Mission
Church
West
Gwillimbury
late 1830s
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
St. Mary’s Church, Barrie; St.
John Chrysostom Church,
Newmarket
•
•
St. John the
Evangelist Church
Albion
(Caledon)
1834
1867
St. Patrick’s Church, Brampton
(Wildfield)
•
•
•
St. John the
Evangelist Church
St. John the
Evangelist Church
Toronto
(Weston)
Waubaushen
e
1853
1870s
St. Cecilia’s Church, Toronto
(1895-1915); Holy Rosary Church,
Toronto (1893-1895); St. Helen’s
Church, Toronto (1875-1895); St.
Basil’s Church, Toronto (18571875); St. Michael’s Cathedral,
Toronto (1853-1857)
1906
St. Margaret’s Church, Midland
(1883-1906); St. Ann’s Church,
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•
•
•
Former mission of: St. Mary’s,
Barrie and St. John
Chrysostom, Newmarket; no
longer appears in directories
after 1878
See ARCAT Holy Martyrs of
Japan, Bradford microfilm reel
#1, item #2 for records labelled
as St. Francis Xavier, West
Gwillimbury (1855-1857)
Established as a parish in
1908-1915 and 1918
Mission of: St. Patrick’s,
Brampton (Wildfield) (prior to
1867 and 1915-1918); St.
Cornelius, Caledon (Silver
Creek) (1867-1908)
Served the area of Caledon
(Silver Creek) (1908-1915 and
after 1981)
Established as a parish in 1913
See ARCAT Parish Fonds for
Baptism and Marriage Records
from 1861 to 1875 or ARCAT
Letterbook Microfilm A for a
copy of the original book
Served the areas of: Brampton;
Fairbanks (area of Toronto
near the intersection of
Dufferin St. and Eglington Ave.
W.); Silverthorne (area of
Toronto west of Landsdowne
Ave. and north of Bloor St. W.)
Established as a parish in 1906
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Penetanguishene (1873-1883)
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•
St. John the
Evangelist Church
St. Joseph’s
Church
Whitby
Beaverton
1860
1830s
1860
1854
St. Gregory the Great Church,
Oshawa (1843-1883 and 18911913); St. Francis de Sales
Church, Pickering (Ajax); St.
Joseph’s (Highland Creek)
Church, Toronto; St. Michael’s
Cathedral, Toronto; St. Paul’s
Church, Toronto
St. Gregory the Great Church,
Oshawa (prior to 1854); Father
Gordon’s records
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Mission of: St. Ann’s,
Penetanguishene (1873-1883);
St. Margaret’s, Midland (18831906)
Served the areas of: Mount St.
Louis (1908-1916); Port Severn
(Diocese of Peterborough)
Established as a parish in 1913
Mission of: St. Gregory the
Great, Oshawa (1843-1883 and
1891-1913)
Had a resident pastor (18831891)
Served the areas of: Pickering
(1860-1942) and Toronto
(Highland Creek) (1860-1914)
Established as a parish in 1909
Mission of St. Malachy’s, Brock
(1854-1909)
See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
See ARCAT microfilm reel #1,
item #2 for Baptism, Marriage,
and Death records from 1854
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Church Name
St. Joseph’s
Mission Church
St. Joseph’s
Church
Location
Etobicoke
(Lambton
Mills)
Mississauga
(Streetsville)
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
to 1856
See St. Rita’s Mission Church,
Etobicoke (Lambton Mills)
1839-1856
St. Patrick’s Church, Mississauga
(Dixie) (1856-1913); St. Patrick’s
Church, Brampton (Wildfield)
(prior to 1856); St. Augustine’s
Church, Dundas (Diocese of
Hamilton) (1850s); Father
Gordon’s records
•
•
•
St. Joseph ‘s
Church (Highland
Creek)
Toronto
(Scarborough
)
1854
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Whitby (June 12, 1860 to May 10,
1914); St. Gregory the Great
Church, Oshawa (1847-1860)
•
•
•
St. Joseph ‘s
Church (Leslie
Toronto
1878
1883
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto
•
Established as a parish in 1856
and 1956
Mission of: St. Kevin’s, Fifth
Line (1860-1861); St. Patrick’s.
Mississauga (Dixie) (18611913); St. Mary Star of the Sea,
Mississauga (Port Credit)
(1913-1918); St. Mary’s,
Brampton (1918-1956)
See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
Established as a parish in 1929
Mission of: St. Gregory the
Great, Oshawa (1847-1860); St.
Francis de Sales, Pickering
(1860-1914)
Appointed a pastor in 1914 who
lived at St. Augustine’s
Seminary
Many records prior to 1893
destroyed in a fire
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Street)
St. Kevin’s Church
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
•
Elmbank (5th
Line, Peel)
1830s
St. Patrick’s Church, Mississauga
(Dixie); St. Patrick’s Church,
Brampton (Wildfield)
•
•
•
•
St. Leo’s Church
Toronto
(Mimico)
1901
St. Louis Mission
Church
Mount St.
Louis
1839
1909
Holy Family Church, Toronto
(1903-1908); St. Patrick’s Church,
Mississauga (Dixie) (1856-1903);
St. Helen’s Church, Toronto
(1875-1903); St. Mary’s Church,
Toronto (1858-1903); St.
Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto
(1850-1856); St. Paul’s Church,
Toronto (1834-1856)
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Waubaushene (1909-1916); St.
Patrick’s Church, Phelpston
•
•
•
See ARCAT reel #1 for
Parochial History (1878-1914)
and Baptism records 18831890
Established as a parish in
1830s
Priests that served the Region
of Peel appear to have lived at
St. Kevin’s until 1866
Served the areas of: St.
Joseph’s, Mississauga
(Streetsville) (1860-1861); St.
Patrick’s, Mississauga (Dixie)
Mission of: St. Patrick’s,
Brampton (Wildfield) (1830s1860s); St. Joseph’s,
Mississauga (Streetsville)
(early 1860s-1866); St.
Patrick’s, Mississauga (Dixie)
(1866-c. 1920); possibly
attended from St. Michael’s
Cathedral, Toronto (c. 19141915)
Established as a parish 1909
Established as a parish 19161966
Mission of: St. Mary’s, Barrie
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
(1865-1909); St. Mary’s Church,
Barrie (1861-1865); St. Ann’s
Church, Penetanguishene; St.
John Chrysostom Church,
Newmarket
St. Luke’s Church
St. Malachy’s
Mission Church
Thornhill
Brock
(Vroomanton
)
1846
1854
St. Margaret’s
Church
Midland
1883
St. Margaret’s
Mission Church
Tecumseh
(Tuam)
mid 1830s
St. Mary’s Mission
Church
St. Mary ‘s Church
Achill
1875
Barrie
1855
1883
1855
St. James Church, Colgan
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•
•
(1861-1865); St. Patrick’s,
Phelpston (1865-1909); St.
John the Evangelist,
Waubaushene (1909-1916); St.
Mary’s, Victoria Harbour (after
1966)
Established as a parish in 1846
and 1947
Mission of: St. Mary
Immaculate, Richmond Hill
(1918-1947)
Served the area of Richmond
Hill (1857-1918)
Established as a parish 18541909
Mission of St. Joseph’s,
Beaverton (after 1909)
Served the areas of: Markham,
Port Perry and Uxbridge (prior
to 1875); Brechin (prior to
1884); Beaverton and Virginia
(prior to 1909)
Served the areas of:
Waubaushene (prior to July
1906); Victoria Harbour (prior
to November 1919)
Mission of: St. James, Colgan
(prior to 1876); St. Patrick’s,
Schomberg (1876-1952)
Discontinued in 1952
Demolished in 1972
Mission of St. James, Colgan
St. John Chrysostom Church,
•
Served the areas of:
St. Mary Immaculate Church,
Richmond Hill (after 1854); St.
John Chrysostom Church,
Newmarket (prior to 1854); St.
Paul’s Church, Toronto (prior to
1849); St. Michael’s Cathedral,
Toronto
St. Joseph’s Church, Beaverton
(after 1854); St. Gregory the Great
Church, Oshawa (prior to 1854);
Lindsay (Diocese of
Peterborough)
•
St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene
•
St. Patrick’s Church, Schomberg
(1876-1952); St. James Church,
Colgan (prior to 1876)
•
•
•
•
•
•
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Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Newmarket (1849-1855); St.
Ann’s Church, Penetanguishene
(1835-1849)
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Church
Brampton
Collingwood
1863
1855
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Toronto (Weston) (1915-1918); St.
Timothy Church, Orangeville
(1885-1915); St. John the
Evangelist Church, Albion (18781885); St. Patrick’s Church,
Brampton (Wildfield) (1871-1878
and prior to 1856); St. Patrick’s
Church, Mississauga (Dixie)
(1856-1867); St. Paul’s Church,
Toronto
1855
St. Mary’s Church, Barrie
(December 27, 1858 to September
3, 1871 and October 6, 1901 to
July 5, 1903); St. John
Chrysostom Church, Newmarket
(1849-1855); St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene (1835-1849)
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Collingwood (1858-1871 and
1901-1903); Phelpston (18581865); Mount St. Louis (18611865); Brentwood (1872-1908);
Stayner (1857-1871); Bradford;
Belle Ewart; North
Gwillimbury; West
Gwillimbury
Established as a parish in 1918
Mission of: St. Patrick’s,
Brampton (Wildfield) (prior to
1856 and 1871-1878); St.
Patrick’s, Mississauga (Dixie)
(1856-1867); St. Cornelius,
Caledon (1878-1885); St.
Timothy, Orangeville (18851915); St. John the Evangelist,
Toronto (Weston) (1915-1918)
Served the area of Mississauga
(Streetsville) (1918-1956)
Mission of: St. Ann’s,
Penetanguishene; St. John
Chrysostom, Newmarket; St.
Mary’s, Barrie; St. Patrick’s,
Stayner
Missing Records: All Records
from December 27, 1858 to
September 3, 1871 and from
October 6, 1901 to July 5, 1903
(See St. Mary’s Church, Barrie
for these records)
Served many of the
surrounding areas prior to
1886 (many are now in the
Diocese of Hamilton)
Master List of Parishes and Churches | ARCAT 2013 | page 14
Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
St. Mary’s Mission
Church
Nobleton
1855
St. Mary’s Church
Toronto
1852
St. Mary’s Mission
Church
Victoria
Harbour
1870s
Date
Records
Begin
1853
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
St. Patrick’s Church, Schomberg
(after 1876); St. James Church,
Colgan (prior to 1876); St.
Patrick’s Church, Brampton
(Wildfield) (1860s-1878)
St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto
•
Mission of: St. Margaret’s,
Tecumseh (1855-1876); St.
Patrick’s, Schomberg (after
1876)
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St. Margaret’s Church, Midland
(1883-1919); St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene (prior to 1883)
•
See ARCAT microfilm reels #1,
#2 and #3 for Baptism records
1853-1857 and all Marriage
records
Mission of St. Ann’s,
Penetanguishene (prior to
1883); St. Margaret’s, Midland
(1883-1919)
Served the areas of: Port
McNicoll (1919-1950); Mount
St. Louis (after 1966)
Established as a parish in 1918
Mission of St. Luke’s, Thornhill
(1857-1918)
Served the area of Thornhill
(1918-1947)
Established as a parish in 1914
Mission of: St. Patrick’s,
Mississauga (Dixie) (prior to
1914)
Served the area of St. Joseph’s,
Mississauga (Streetsville)
(March 1913 to September 16,
1917)
Missing Records: Marriage
records from June 1848 to
December 1851 and Baptism
records from July 1848 to
November 1850
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St. Mary
Immaculate
Church
St. Mary Star of
the Sea Church
Richmond
Hill
Mississauga
(Port Credit)
1830s
1854
1870s
St. John Chrysostom Church
Newmarket (prior to 1854); St.
Paul’s Church, Toronto (prior to
1849)
St. Patrick’s Church, Mississauga
(Dixie); Oakville, Trafalgar and
Dundas (Diocese of Hamilton)
(prior to 1856)
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St. Michael's
Cathedral
Toronto
1848
1850
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto
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Master List of Parishes and Churches | ARCAT 2013 | page 15
Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
•
St. Monica’s
Church
St. Patrick’s
Church
Toronto
1906
1907
St. Basil’s Church, Toronto
Brampton
(Wildfield)
1830
1833
St. Paul’s Church, Toronto; Father •
Gordon’s records (1829-1833); St.
John the Evangelist Church,
Albion
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•
St. Patrick’s
Mission Church
Cataract
1878
St. Patrick’s
Church
Markham
1840s
St. Timothy Church, Orangeville
(after 1885); St. John the
Evangelist Church, Albion (prior
to 1885)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,
Uxbridge (1876-1931); St. Mary
Immaculate Church, Richmond
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•
•
See St. Paul’s, Toronto for
some Baptism records 19071909
Established as a parish in 1906
See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
Served the areas of: St. Kevin’s,
Elmbank (5th Line, Peel)
(1830s-1860s); Caledon (Silver
Creek) (1834-1867);
Mississauga (Dixie) (prior to
1856); Clairville (prior to 18601912); Albion (Caledon) (prior
to 1867 and 1915-1918);
Brampton (prior to 1856 and
1871-1878); Orangeville (prior
to 1867)
Mission of: St. Cornelius,
Caledon (prior to 1885); St.
Timothy, Orangeville (after
1885)
Established as a parish in 1932
Mission of: St. John
Chrysostom, Newmarket
Master List of Parishes and Churches | ARCAT 2013 | page 16
Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Hill (1858-1881); St. John
Chrysostom Church, Newmarket
(1849-1858); St. Paul’s Church,
Toronto (prior to 1849)
•
St. Patrick’s
Church
Mississauga
(Dixie)
1856
1856
St. Patrick’s Church, Brampton
(Wildfield); St. Paul’s Church,
Toronto
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•
St. Patrick’s
Church
Perkinsfield
late 1850s
1909
St. Patrick’s
Church
Phelpston
mid 1830s
1865
Ste. Croix Church, Lafontaine
(1857-1908); St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene (prior to 1857)
St. Mary’s Church, Barrie (18581865); St. Ann’s Church,
Penetanguishene (prior to 1858)
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•
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•
St. Patrick’s
Church
Schomberg
1876
1876
St. James Church, Colgan (prior
to 1876); Guardian Angels
•
(1849-1858); St. Luke’s,
Thornhill (1858-1881); Sacred
Heart of Jesus, Uxbridge
(1881-1931)
Served the area of Musselman’s
Lake (1932-1979)
Missing Records: Baptism
Records for 1871
Mission of: St. Kevin’s,
Elmbank (5th Line, Peel) (prior
to 1866); St. Patrick’s,
Brampton (Wildfield) (prior to
1856)
Served the areas of: Elmbank
(5th Line, Peel) (1866-c. 1920);
Mississauga (Streetsville)
(1861-1913); Etobicoke
(Lambton Mills) (c. 1885 to c.
1920); Toronto (Mimico)
(1856-1903); Brampton (18561867); Mississauga (Port
Credit) (prior to 1914)
Established as a parish in 1908
Mission of Ste. Croix,
Lafontaine (prior to 1908)
Established as a parish in 1865
Mission of: St. Ann’s,
Penetanguishene (prior to
1858); St. Mary’s, Barrie (18581865)
Served the area of: Mount St.
Louis (1865-1909)
Missing Records: Marriage
records 1876-1909 (See
Master List of Parishes and Churches | ARCAT 2013 | page 17
Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
Church, Orillia (August 31, 1896
to September 24, 1910)
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St. Patrick’s
Church
St. Patrick’s
Church
St. Paul’s Church
Stayner
1838-1848
1887
Toronto
1861
1861
Toronto
1822
1830
St. Mary’s Church, Collingwood
(1871-1886); St. Mary’s Church,
Barrie (1857-1870); St. Ann’s
Church, Penetanguishene (18381857); see also St. James Church,
Colgan; St. Paul the Apostle
Church, Alliston
St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto
See Father Gordon’s records
(1829-1833); Kingston; Quebec
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•
•
•
•
St. Paul the
Apostle Church
Alliston
1876
1865
St. James Church, Colgan
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•
Guardian Angels, Orillia
microfilm for Marriage records
from August 31, 1896 to
September 24, 1910)
Served areas of: Tecumseh
(Tuam) (1876-1952); Nobleton
(after 1876)
Established as a parish in 1871
Mission of: St. Ann’s,
Penetanguishene (1838-1857);
St. Mary’s, Barrie (1857-1870)
Served the areas of:
Collingwood (1871-1886);
Brentwood (1908-1980)
The oldest parish in the
Archdiocese of Toronto
See the following items for
Father Gordon’s records:
McDevitt, Francis V., Baptism
and Marriage Records of Rev.
Edward Gordon 1830-1852,
1992 (ARCAT Reference
Library item 929 MCD 1992)
and McDevitt, Francis V.,
Father Gordon's Register
1830-1833, 1995 (ARCAT
Reference Library item 929
MCD 1995)
Established as a parish 18831921 and 1980
Mission of: Immaculate
Conception, Alliston (North
Adjala) (1865-1883 and 1921-
Master List of Parishes and Churches | ARCAT 2013 | page 18
Church Name
Location
Est. Date of
Catholic
Community
Date
Records
Begin
Notes
Records to Check Prior to
Establishment/Start of Records
•
St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter’s Church
Toronto
Orangeville
1896
St. Rita’s Mission
Church
Etobicoke
(Lambton
Mills)
Orangeville
1880s
St. Timothy
Church
St. Wilfrid’s
Church
Duffin’s
Creek
(Pickering)
1876
1896
St. Mary’s Church, Toronto
St. Patrick’s Church, Mississauga
(Dixie)
1885
1980)
Served the area of Alliston
(North Adjala) (1883-1921 and
after 1980)
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Albion (1867-1885); St. Patrick’s
Church, Brampton (Wildfield)
(prior to 1867)
See St. Timothy
Church, Orangeville
• Mission of St. Patrick’s,
Mississauga (Dixie) (c. 1885 to
c. 1920)
• Established as a parish in 1885
• Mission of: St. Cornelius,
Caledon (Silver Creek) (18671885); St. Patrick’s, Brampton
(Wildfield) (prior to 1867)
• Served areas of: Caledon (19151981); Brampton (1885-1915);
Mono Mills (after 1885);
Cataract (after 1885); Granger
(1885- early 1900s)
See St. Francis de Sales Church,
Pickering (Ajax)