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Cardinal Frank Leo

Archbishop of Toronto

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Born
Jun 30, 1971 Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Canada
Nationality
Canada
Ordained priest
Dec 14, 1996 2000 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Canada
Ordained bishop
Sep 12, 2022 Archdioc, Titular
Appointed
Mar 25, 2023
Principal consecrator
Christian Lépine
Co-consecrators
Serge Patrick Poitras David Douglas Crosby
Motto
Quodcumque Dixerit Facite

Bishop Frank Leo, until now titular of Tamada and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Montréal, as metropolitan archbishop of Toronto, Canada. Curriculum vitae Archbishop-elect Frank Leo was born on 30 June 1971 in Montréal, Canada. After his secondary studies he obtained a diploma in social sciences. He was awarded a baccalaureate in philosophy from the Institut de Formation Théologique de Montréal (IFTM), affiliated to the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and subsequently a licentiate and a doctorate in theology, with a specialization in Marian studies, at the International Marian Research Institute (IMRI), affiliated to the Marianum in the University of Dayton, Ohio. He was ordained a priest on 14 December 1996 for the archdiocese of Montréal. He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Notre-Dame-de-la-Consolata (1996-2001); administrator of the parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière-des-Prairies (2003-2005); chaplain of the Roscelli School and teacher of religion at the Collège Reine-Marie (2003-2005); parish priest of Saint-Raymond-de-Peñafort (2005-2006). From 2006 to 2008 he was sent to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, and attended courses in canon law and philosophy, obtaining a licentiate in historical-critical philosophy. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See, serving first in the apostolic nunciature of Australia (2008-2011), and then at the Holy See Study Mission in Hong Kong (2011-2012). He returned to Montréal in 2012, and was appointed as director and teacher of dogmatics in the Major Seminary, director of the Department of Canon Law of the IFTM and vice president of the diocesan vocations service. From 2013 to 2015 he was a member of the presbyteral council. In 2013 he founded the Canadian Mariological Society, of which he is president. From 2015 to 2021 he was secretary general of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. In 2021 he was appointed as vicar general and moderator of the archdiocesan Curia of Montréal. On 16 July 2022 he was appointed titular bishop of Tamada and auxiliary of Montréal, and was consecrated the following 12 September.