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).

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2024-2025 BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Ex-Officio Members

  • His Grace The Most Reverend Francis Leo
    Archbishop of Toronto & Chairman of the SAS Board of Governors

  • Most Revered John A. Boissonneau
    Senior Vicar General

  • Most Revered Vincent Nguyen
    Vicar for Permanent Deacons

  • Reverend Monsignor A. Robert Nusca
    President

  • Reverend John Elmer Abad
    Academic Dean

  • Mr. John Mulhall
    Chancellor of Temporal Affair of the Archdiocese of Toronto & Treasurer of SAS

Elected Members

  • Reverend Edwin Gonsalves
    Rector

  • Reverend Kevin Belgrave
    Director, Institute of Theology and Associate Professor of Moral Theology

  • Sr. 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