Since its beginning, the Seminary has seen more than 1,000 students ordained to the presbyterate, serving in more than fifty dioceses and religious communities in Canada, the United States, and abroad. Twenty (20) members of the alumni have been named to the episcopate. In addition, approximately sixty lay graduates of the theological program are serving the Church in various capacities.The Semina
ry was founded by the Right Reverend Michael F. Fallon, OMI, fifth bishop of the diocese of London (1909-1931), and opened on 14 September 1912. In the early years, the students were housed in the bishop's house, now the rectory of St.