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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: London (Ontario) |
 | | Diocese in Canada, established 21 February, 1855; see transferred to Sandwich, 2 February, 1859, transferred back to London, 3 October, 1869; comprises Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambion, Kent, and Essex Counties in the south-western section of Ontario, Canada. |
 | | The incorporation of the city of London and its selection as the see of a new diocese in 1856 were contemporaneous. |
 | | As fifth Bishop of London, the pope appointed on 14 December, 1909, the Very Rev. Michael M. Fallon, provincial of the American province of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. |
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