Thomas Christopher Collins

His Eminence Thomas Christopher Collins
Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto

Province	Ontario
Diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto
See	Toronto
Appointed	16 December 2006
Installed	30 January 2007
Predecessor	Aloysius Ambrozic
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio
Orders
Ordination	5 May 1973 by Paul Francis Reding
Consecration	14 May 1997 by Anthony Frederick Tonnos
Created Cardinal	18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Thomas Christopher Collins
Born	(1947-01-16) 16 January 1947 (age 70) Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta (1997) Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta (1997–1999) Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton (1999) Archbishop of Edmonton (1999–2006) Apostolic Administrator of Saint Paul in Alberta (2001)
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Styles of Thomas Christopher Collins

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Ordination history of Thomas Christopher Collins
Diaconal ordination
Date of ordination	14 May 1972
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Paul Francis Reding (Hamilton, ON aux.)
Date of ordination	5 May 1973
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Anthony Frederick Tonnos (Hamilton, ON)
Co-consecrators	Raymond Roy (St Paul, AB); John Michael Sherlock (London, ON)
Date of consecration	14 May 1997
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Benedict XVI
Date of elevation	18 February 2012
Bishops consecrated by Thomas Christopher Collins as principal consecrator
Joseph Luc André Bouchard	9 November 2001
Vincent Nguyên	13 January 2010
Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	25 July 2012

Thomas Christopher Collins (born 16 January 1947) is a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of Toronto, having previously served as Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta (1997–1999) and Archbishop of Edmonton (1999–2006). On 6 January 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a cardinal at the 18 February 2012 consistory.

Collins was born in Guelph, Ontario, the son of the circulation manager of The Guelph Mercury and a legal secretary; he has two older sisters. As a child he attended and was an altar server at the Church of Our Lady. He attended Bishop Macdonell High School, where he was inspired by one of his English teachers to join the priesthood.

Earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from St. Jerome College, Waterloo in 1969, Collins was ordained to the diaconate on 14 May 1972. In 1973, he received a Master of Arts in English from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Theology from St. Peter's Seminary, London.