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Most Rev. Ronald P. Fabbro, CSB
Bishop of London

Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro was born on November 6, 1950, in Sudbury.

In 1975, he entered the Basilian novitiate in Rochester and took his first vows on August 15 of the following year. He then undertook studies at the Faculty of Theology of the University of St. Michael's College, and at the Basilian House of Formation in Toronto. He obtained his Master of Divinity degree in 1979.

He was ordained to the priesthood on May 3, 1980.

In 1983, he completed a Licence in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and in 1989, he was awarded a Doctorate in Moral Theology from that same university.

From 1986 to 1990, he was an Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Joseph's College in Edmonton, and from 1990 to 1997, he was a professor of Theology at the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto. Chosen as a General Councillor of the Basilians in 1993, he became General Superior of the Basilians in 1997, a post he held until 2002.

He was a member of the Theology Committee of the Canadian Religious Conference (National), and served on the Administrative Council of the Canadian Religious Conference (Ontario).

Named the 10th Bishop of London on April 27, 2002, he was ordained to the episcopate on August 15, 2002 at St. Peter Cathedral Basilica in London, Ontario.

He has served as a member on several Commissions and Committees of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario. Bishop Fabbro is the Past President of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario and continues to serve on the Executive Committee. He is also the Bishop Liaison for the Catholic Health Association of Ontario (CHAO).