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    On September 24, 1847, Faculties were given to Archdeacon J.J. Hay and Rev. John Carroll to administer the Vacant See of Toronto in the event of Bishop Power’s death.

    Official statement of the consecration of John Joseph Lynch, Bishop of Echenais and Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto with future succession.

   

   

   

   

    A petition sent to Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, from Bishop Macdonell, and others, praying for a piece of land on which to build a second church for the Catholics of Toront

    On May 8, 1845, Bishop Power set and blessed the corner stone for the new cathedral: “To the Praise and Glory of Almighty God and in Honor of Blessed Michael the Archangel, Principal Patron of the Ci

    Pastoral Address inviting Toronto's Catholics to contribute to the building of the new cathedral.

    Mortgage for land purchased by Bishop Power for the new St. Michael's Cathedral.

    First Pastoral Address of Bishop Armand de Charbonnel, 2nd Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto.

   

    Circular from Bishop Charbonnel promoting, "The interior decoration of our splendid Cathedral.”

    Public Notice about the closing of St. Paul's Cemetery.

    Built by Joseph Sheard, the dead house is a Gothic-style building, which was the architectural fashion of the time. Its octagonal shape followed a mid-19th century fad for eight sided buildings that

    In 1856, The Diocese of Toronto was divided by the erection of the dioceses of Hamilton and London. The Diocese of Toronto was now composed of the counties of York, Ontario, Simcoe, Peel, Welland and

    Pastoral Letter announcing the establishment of the House of Providence by Bishop Charbonnel.

    "High Altar Stone was consecrated by Bishop Charbonnel 2nd February 1859. Placing in the stone a relic of St. Clement.”

    Letter to Bishop Lynch from the Propaganda Fide Office announcing the resignation of Bishop Charbonnel, and Bishop Lynch’s rightful succession to the See of Toronto.