Below, you will find the names of everyone who has received an honorary degree from the University of St. Michael’s College.
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| 1969 | Bernard J. Lonergan, S.J., D.S.Litt. |
| 1977 | Michael Cornelius O’Neill, D.D. Edmund Joseph McCorkell, C.S.B., D.S.Litt. Victoria Mueller-Carson, D.S.Litt. Basil Francis Sullivan, C.S.B., D.S.Litt. |
| 1979 | David William Hay, D.D. Louis Joseph Bondy, C.S.B., D.S.Litt. |
| 1980 | Jean-Marie Tillard, O.P., D.D. Laurence Kennedy Shook, O.C., C.S.B., D.S.Litt. |
| 1981 | Catherine de Hueck Doherty, D.S.Litt. Paul Joseph James Martin, P.C., C.C., D.S.Litt. St. John O’Malley, C.S.J., D.S.Litt. |
| 1982 | John Michael Kelly, C.S.B., D.D. |
| 1983 | C. Douglas Jay, D.D. B. Edmund Nelligan, D.S.Litt. Robert Joseph Scollard, C.S.B., D.D. |
| 1986 | Frederick Ernest Crowe, S.J., D.D. William John Bennett, O.B.E., D.S.Litt. George Ignatieff, C.C., D.S.Litt. Frances Nims, I.B.V.M., D.S.Litt. |
| 1987 | Cardinal George Bernard Flahiff, C.C., C.S.B., D.D. Lawrence Edward Lynch, D.S.Litt. |
| 1988 | Eugene Rathbone Fairweather, D.D. Maxim Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R., D.D. Vernon Joseph Bourke, D.S.Litt. |
| 1989 | Ulysse Ernest Paré, C.S.B., D.D. Richard Alway, C.M., D.S.Litt. Louise Summerhill, D.S.Litt. |
| 1990 | Cardinal Johannes Willebrands, D.D. James Munro Cameron, D.S.Litt. Gérard Pelletier, D.S.Litt. Gerhart Reigner, D.S.Litt. |
| 1991 | Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic, D.D. Olga Warnke, I.B.V.M., D.S.Litt. Mary Zimmerman, C.S.J., D.S.Litt. |
| 1992 | Ricardo Ramírez, C.S.B., D.D. John B. Aird, O.C., D.S.Litt. Joseph Sablé, D.S.Litt. |
| 1993 | Leonard Eugene Boyle, O.C., O.P., D.D. Joseph John Barnicke, D.S.Litt. Eva Kushner, D.S.Litt. |
| 1994 | Matthew Thomas Mulcahy, C.S.B., D.D. Mary Beth Montcalm, C.S.J., D.S.Litt. Sylvia Pegis Santin, D.S.Litt. |
| 1995 | Dennis J. Murphy, D.D. Sheila Watson, D.S.Litt. |
| 1996 | Gustavo Gutiérrez, D.D. Susan Mary Moran, O.L.M., D.S.Litt. William Francis Morneau, D.S.Litt. |
| 1997 | Andrew Simone, D.S.Litt. Joan Simone, D.S.Litt. Hilary M. Weston, D.S.Litt. |
| 1998 | Cardinal G. Emmett Carter, C.C., D.D. Abbyann Day Lynch, C.M., O.Ont., D.S.Litt. Paul Martin, P.C., D.S.Litt. |
| 1999 | Attila Miklósházy, S.J., D.D. Mark Owen Lee, C.S.B., D.S. Litt. Dora de Pedery-Hunt, O.C., O.Ont., D.S. Litt. |
| 2000 | Robert F. Taft, S.J., D.D. Doris Yuk-Ching Lau, D.S. Litt. Kenneth G. McNeill, D.S. Litt. |
| 2001 | Robert Madden, C.S.B., D.D. Sue Mosteller, C.S.J., D.S. Litt. Ronald Martin Schoeffel, D.S. Litt. |
| 2002 | Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B., D.D. Joan O’Sullivan, C.S.J., D.S. Litt. William Broadhurst, D.S. Litt. |
| 2003 | Peter Swan, C.S.B., D.D. Donna Markham, O.P., D.S. Litt. Patrick Keenan, D.S. Litt. |
| 2004 | Roméo A. Dallaire, O.C., C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D., D.S. Litt. Kenneth L. Schmitz, D.F.C., D.S. Litt. Emöke J. E. Szathmáry, C.M., D.S. Litt. |
| 2005 | Marco Muzzo, D.U. Michael A. Fahey, S.J., D.D. Margaret R. Myatt, CSJ, D.S.Litt. |
| 2006 | Donald F. Theall, D.S.Litt. Joseph Sorbara, D.S.Litt. Margaret A.B. Visser, D.S.Litt. |
| 2007 | Archbishop Thomas Collins, S.S.L., S.T.D., D.D. Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P., D.D. Mariel O’Neill-Karch, D.Univ. Thomas J. Reilly, D.S. Litt. |
| 2008 | Edward Joseph Monahan, D.S.Litt. William James Smyth, D.S. Litt. Janine Langan, D.S.Litt. |
| 2009 | Susannah Heschel, D.S. Litt. John Louis Esposito, D.S. Litt. Marion Norman, I.B.V.M., D.S. Litt. (Posthumously) |
| 2010 | Elizabeth Johnson, D.S. Litt. Paul Fedwick, D.S. Litt. Ian Ker, D.S. Litt. |
| 2011 | Bishop Emeritus Anthony F. Tonnos, D.D. Eric McLuhan, D.S. Litt. John Allen Jr., D.S. Litt. |
| 2012 | Guiseppe Mazzotta, D.S. Litt. Marilyn Evelyn Tucker, D.S. Litt. David Whalen, O.S.F.S., D.D. |
| 2013 | Robert Doran, S.J., D.D. James McConica, C.S.B., D.D. |
| 2014 | Marcia Colish, D.S. Litt. Ellen Leonard, C.S.J., D.S. Litt. |
| 2015 | John O’Malley, S.J., D.D. Sarah Coakley, D.S. Litt. |
| 2016 | Donald Senior, C.P., D.D. |
| 2019 | James Heft, S.M., D.D. Catherine Shannon, D.S. Litt. |
| 2021 | Gilles Routhier, D.D. |
| 2022 | Fr. Daniel Donovan, D.D. Sr. Mechtilde O’Mara, CSJ, D.S. Litt. |
| 2023 | Archbishop Donald Bolen, D.D. James Carley, D.S.Litt Ann Hutchison, D.S.Litt |
| September 2024 | Victor Dodig, D.Univ. |
| November 2024 | Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, D.D. Francis Anthony Comper, CM, D.Univ. |
| 2025 | Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, D.D. |