Francis Leo

Frank Leo (born June 30, 1971) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who serves as Archbishop of Toronto since February 2023. He was Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal from September 2022 until his appointment to Toronto. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Priestly Fraternities of Saint Dominic.

He was made a cardinal on December 7, 2024, by Pope Francis.

Biography Francis Leo was born in Montreal on June 30, 1971, to Italian immigrant parents, Francesco Leo and Rosa Valente. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Institut de Formation Théologique de Montréal (IFTM) and both a licentiate and a doctorate in theology at the International Marian Research Institute. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Montreal in 1996.

In 2012, he returned to Montreal to take up appointments as director and dogmatics teacher at the Major Seminary, director of the IFTM's Department of Canon Law, and vice president of the archdiocesan vocations service. From 2013 to 2015, he was a member of the priests' council. He founded the Canadian Mariological Society and became its president. From 2015 to 2021 he was secretary general of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

On July 16, 2022, Pope Francis appointed him titular bishop of Tamada and auxiliary bishop of Montreal. He received his episcopal consecration on September 12, 2022.

On February 11, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Leo as Archbishop of Toronto. He was installed there on 25 March in St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica.

On October 6, 2024, Pope Francis announced that he would make Leo a cardinal on December 8, 2024. That date was later moved to December 7, 2024, and he was then elevated as cardinal priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle.

He participated as a cardinal elector in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

Leo is the Grand Prior of the Canada-Toronto Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.