List of churches in the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario

This is a list of current and former Catholic churches in the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario. The diocese includes 118 parishes in Southwestern Ontario divided into six administrative regions called deaneries.[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King in Hamilton, Ontario.

Brant Deanery

Name Images Location Established[2] Description/notes
Our Lady of the Assumption Brantford 1895 Current church built in 1953.[3]
St. Basil Brantford 1840 Current building construction began in 1866 and completed in 1875. The interior was finished in 1891.[3]
St. Joseph (Polish) Brantford 1938 Church building used to be St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The diocese bought the church in 1938 and established St. Joseph Polish church. After renovations, the church was dedicated February 27, 1938 by Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan.[4]
St. Pius X Brantford 1958 Church constructed in 1958.[3]
Blessed Sacrament Burford 1954
Sacred Heart Paris 1857
St. Anthony Daniel Scotland 1950

Bruce Grey Deanery

Name Images Location Established[2] Description/notes
St. Mary Cape Croker 1902
St. Joseph Cargill Mission of Mary Immaculate, Chepstow
St. Francis Xavier Carlsruhe Mission of Holy Family, Hanover
St. Stanislaus Chatsworth Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario
Mary Immaculate Chepstow 1874 Church designed by Arthur W. Holmes, completed in 1903.[5]
St. Ann Chesley Mission of Holy Family, Hanover
St. Paul Dornoch Mission of St. Peter, Durham.
Church designed by Joseph Connolly, construction completed in 1890.[6]
St. John the Evangelist Dundalk 1894
St. Peter Durham 1921
Immaculate Conception Formosa 1861 Church designed by Joseph Connolly, construction completed in 1883.[7]
St. John Glenelg Mission of St. Peter, Durham
Holy Family Hanover 1921
St. Mary of the Rosary Hepworth Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario
St. Anthony Kincardine 1940
St. Mark Lion’s Head Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario
St. Joseph Markdale Mission of St. Peter, Durham
St. Vincent Meaford Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario
Sacred Heart Mildmay 1895 Church designed by Arthur W. Holmes, construction completed in 1911.[5]
St. Mary Owen Sound 1854
St. Joseph Port Elgin 1962
Holy Family Sauble Beach Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario
Shelburne Mission Shelburne Mission of St. John the Evangelist, Dundalk, Ontario. Worships at Trinity United Church in Shelburne.[8]
St. Patrick South Proton Mission of St. John the Evangelist, Dundalk, Ontario.
St. Patrick Southampton Mission of St. Joseph, Port Elgin
Sacred Heart Teeswater Mission of Immaculate Conception, Formosa
St. Thomas the Apostle Tobermory Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario
Sacred Heart Walkerton 1872
St. Thomas Aquinas Wiarton Mission of St. Mary of the Assumption, Owen Sound, Ontario

Halton Deanery

Name Images Location Established[2] Description/notes
St. Joseph Patron of Canada Acton 1858
Holy Rosary Burlington 1947
St. Gabriel Burlington 1962
St. John the Baptist Burlington 1849
St. Patrick Burlington 1969
St. Paul the Apostle Burlington 1985
Saint-Philippe (French) Burlington 1968
St. Raphael Burlington 1958
Holy Cross Georgetown 1956
Sacré-Coeur (French) Georgetown 1966
Holy Rosary Milton 1936
St. Benedict Milton
Queen of Peace (Croatian) Norval
Holy Trinity (Croatian) Oakville 1976
Mary Mother of God Oakville 1996
St. Andrew Oakville 1845
St. Anthony (Polish) Oakville
St. Dominic Oakville 1955
St. James Oakville 1961
St. Joseph (Portuguese) Oakville
St. Matthew Oakville 1988
St. Michael Oakville 1975

Hamilton Deanery

Name Images Location Established[2] Description/notes
St. Ann Ancaster 1951
St. Augustine Dundas 1826
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Freelton 1870
Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King Hamilton 1933
All Souls

Hamilton 1922
Annunciation of Our Lord Hamilton 1978
Canadian Martyrs Hamilton 1955
Holy Cross (Croatian) Hamilton 1958
Incarnation of Our Blessed Lord Hamilton 1973
Most Blessed Sacrament Hamilton 1955
Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours (French) Hamilton 1951
Our Lady of Mercy (Lithuanian) Hamilton 1948
Our Lady of Vietnam (Vietnamese) Hamilton 1998
Regina Mundi Hamilton 1959
Sacred Heart Hamilton 1921
St. Ann Hamilton 1906
St. Anthony of Padua (Italian) Hamilton 1912
St. Catherine of Siena Hamilton 2017 Parish established in 2017 as a merger between Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Lourdes Parishes.[9] The church building was dedicated in October 2023.[10]
St. Charles Garnier Hamilton 1961
St. Eugene Hamilton 1950
St. Gregory the Great (Slovenian) Hamilton 1965
St. John the Baptist Hamilton 1930
St. Joseph Hamilton 1894
St. Lawrence Hamilton 1890
St. Luke Hamilton 1975
St. Margaret Mary Hamilton 1966
St. Mary - Paroquia de Santa Maria (Portuguese) Hamilton 1836
St. Patrick Hamilton 1877
St. Peter Yu Hamilton 1994
St. Stanislaus (Polish) Hamilton 1912
St. Stephen of Hungary Hamilton 1944
Sts. Peter and Paul Hamilton 1944
Immaculate Heart Stoney Creek 1952
Our Lady of the Assumption Stoney Creek 1951
St. Francis Xavier Stoney Creek 1947
St. Thomas Waterdown 1950

Waterloo Deanery

Name Images Location Established[2] Description/notes
St. Brigid Ayr Mission of Blessed Sacrament, Kitchener
Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese) Cambridge 1964
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens (French) /Church of the Canadian Martyr Saints Cambridge 1976
St. Ambrose Cambridge 1955
St. Clement Cambridge 1905 Church designed by Arthur W. Holmes, construction completed in 1911.[5]
St. Gregory Cambridge 1967
St. Mary of the Visitation Cambridge 1857
St. Patrick Cambridge 1877
St. Teresa of Avila Elmira 1888
Blessed Sacrament Kitchener 1977
Holy Family (Croatian) Kitchener 1978
Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese) Kitchener 1988
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish) Kitchener 2009 Worships at St. John's Church in Kitchener.
Sacred Heart (Polish) Kitchener 1912 Church designed by Arthur W. Holmes, construction completed in 1918.[5]
St. Aloysius Kitchener 1953
St. Anne Kitchener 1948
St. Anthony Daniel Kitchener 1966
St. Francis of Assisi Kitchener 1959
St. John Kitchener 1937
St. Mark Kitchener 1988
St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Kitchener 1857 Church designed by Arthur W. Holmes, construction completed in 1903.[5]
St. Paul Chung (Korean) Kitchener 2009 Worships at St. Anthony Daniel Church in Kitchener.
St. Teresa Kitchener 1955
St. Mary Queen of Heaven Linwood Mission of St. Clement, St. Clements.
St. Joseph Macton Mission of St. Clement, St. Clements.
Church designed by Joseph Connolly, construction completed in 1879.[7]
St. Boniface Maryhill 1847
Holy Family

New Hamburg 1859
St. Agatha St. Agatha 1834 Church designed by Arthur W. Holmes, construction completed between 1898-1900.[5]
St. Clement St. Clements 1847 Construction completed in 1858.[11]
Our Lady of Lourdes Waterloo 1952
St. Agnes Waterloo 1967 Construction completed in 1969.[12]
St. Louis Waterloo 1890
St. Michael Waterloo 1962

Wellington Deanery

Name Images Location Established[2] Description/notes
St. John the Evangelist Arthur 1857 Church designed by Joseph Connolly, construction completed in 1874.[6]
St. Peter Ayton Mission of St. Mary of the Purification, Mount Forest.
Church designed by Joseph Connolly, construction completed in 1874.[6]
St. Martin of Tours Drayton 1894
St. Mary Immaculate Elora 1870
St. John de Brebeuf Erin 1959
St. Joseph Fergus 1978
Holy Rosary Guelph 1956
Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate Guelph 1827 Basilica designed by Joseph Connolly, construction completed in 1888.[7]
Sacred Heart Guelph 1930
St. John the Baptist

Guelph 1966
St. Joseph Guelph 1952
St. Thomas Harriston Mission of St. Mary of the Purification, Mount Forest
Sacred Heart Kenilworth Mission of St. John the Evangelist, Arthur
St. Mary of the Purification Mount Forest 1856
St. Peter Oustic Mission of St. John de Brebeuf Parish, Erin, Ontario.
St. Mary Palmerston Mission of St. John the Evangelist, Arthur.
Sacred Heart Rockwood 1936

Former Churches

Name Images Location Description/notes
Corpus Christi Hamilton Parish established in 1962,[2] merged with Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in 2017 to create St. Catherine of Siena Parish.[9] The church building was closed in October 2023.[10]
Our Lady of Lourdes Hamilton Parish established in 1958,[2] merged with Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in 2017 to create St. Catherine of Siena Parish.[9] The church building was closed in October 2023.[10]
St. Joseph Kitchener The parish was established in 1930, and worshiped in a basement church until 1953, when the upper church was completed.[13]
The parish was suppressed on June 25, 2025 due to declining attendance, financial support along with costly capital expenditures.[13]
St. Patrick Melancthon Former mission church of St. John the Evangelist, Dundalk,[4] Ontario. Church closed in 2017 due to low attendance and costly repairs.[8]

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Diocese of Hamilton. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Diocese of Hamilton Our Parishes". Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Churches and Brantford's Italian Community :: Memories of Brantford". memoriesofbrantford.ca. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Hamilton Diocese Centennial Edition" (PDF). The Canadian Register. December 1, 1958. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Holmes, Arthur William". Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Thurlby, Malcolm (2005). "Joseph Connolly in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario" (PDF). The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. 30 (2): 25–38. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "Connolly, Joseph | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada". dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b Santos, Joshua (21 April 2021). "Melancthon church on the market for $300,000". Orangeville.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b c Mirabell, Julian. "Feature Walters' Intricate Steel Design Bringing Hamilton Church to Life | UrbanToronto". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b c Crosby, Douglas. "Heart to Heart: Issue #517" (PDF). Diocese of Hamilton. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  11. ^ Spetz, Theobald (1916). The Catholic Church in Waterloo County: Book I. The Catholic Register and Extension. p. 80.
  12. ^ "Church of St. Agnes". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b Bryson, Mark (20 June 2025). "Empty pews, rising costs lead to closure of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church". The Record. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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