Governance
The Board of Governors consists of the Archbishop of Toronto, the ex-officio Chairman of the Board and Chancellor of the Seminary, Senior Vicar-General, Vicar Permanent Deacons, Temporal Chancellor, President or Rector and Academic Dean. All of them are ex-Officio members of the Board. Besides there are eight members, four of whom are laypersons not connected with the Seminary. The Board elects these members for a set term of office with both voice and vote. The board's standing committees are the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Planning and Capital Committee, Nominating Committee and Development committee.
The government, conduct, management and control of the Seminary are vested in the Board of Governors, as stated in the St. Augustine's Seminary Act (1983) and outlined in the By-laws of the Board of Governors (1985, and amended in 1988, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2020). The day-to-day operating authority of St. Augustine's is the Rector, in consultation with the President, and the co-operation of the Academic Council and of the Formation Council.
Matters of appointment, promotion, and termination are carried out in accordance with the general norms of academic procedure established by the Association of Theological Schools, those of the Toronto School of Theology, and those laid down by the Board of Governors of St. Augustine’s Seminary, and in accordance with the provisions of Canon Law (cf. can. 253).
2024-2025 BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Ex-Officio Members
His Grace The Most Reverend Francis Leo
Archbishop of Toronto & Chairman of the SAS Board of GovernorsMost Revered John A. Boissonneau
Senior Vicar GeneralMost Revered Vincent Nguyen
Vicar for Permanent DeaconsReverend Monsignor A. Robert Nusca
PresidentReverend John Elmer Abad
Academic DeanMr. John Mulhall
Chancellor of Temporal Affair of the Archdiocese of Toronto & Treasurer of SAS
Elected Members
Reverend Edwin Gonsalves
RectorReverend Kevin Belgrave
Director, Institute of Theology and Associate Professor of Moral TheologySr. Nida Fe Chavez, C.S.J.
Ms. Magda Soligo
Mr. Celeste Iacobelli
Rev. Thomas Lynch
Mr. Mario Biscardi
Ms. Anna Rossetti
Assessor Member: Mr. Dean Penafiel, SAS Bursar, Ms. Francesca Guolo, Dr. Anna Boyagoda