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San Lorenzo Ruiz Anglican Church Brief History as first Filipino Canadian Episcopalian Community in Canada. Anglican Parish of San Lorenzo Ruiz in Toronto. This is the first Parish of Filipino Anglicans in Canada. It was established in 1991 in the Deanery of St. James of the Diocese of Toronto. The Archbishop Terence Finlay conferred San Lorenzo Ruiz to this Parish which worshiped at St. Peter's Parish in 188 Carlton St. Toronto, Ontario under the Rector, The Rev. Gordon Finney. Father Ariel Dumaran served as a Curate and when he became a priest, he became the incumbent of San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish. It was "a deemed parish" without parochial boundary but was given a parochial status. The Composition of the membership is Filipino whose church backgrounds are Episcopalians, IFI or Philippine Independent Church, and evangelicals. The parish retains its catholic Filipino traditions. San Lorenzo Ruiz is a Filipino saint, canonized by the Bishop of Rome. He was also a martyr in Japan along with other companions who were beautified as well. The congregation of San Lorenzo Ruiz is a unique parish in the Anglican Church of Canada in that it maintains its high church traditions with evangelical spirit. The congregation is a hybrid of catholic and evangelical ethos of the Episcopal tradition. Today the Parish worships at St. Simon the Apostle, 525 Bloor St. Toronto, Ontario, major intersection of Sherbourne St. http://sanlorenzoruiz.org