Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall
Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall | |
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 Notre Dame Church of Ottawa | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ottawa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,818 km2 (2,246 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 922,014 441,797 (47.9%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | June 8, 1886 |
| Cathedral | Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Terrence Prendergast, S.J. |
| Coadjutor | Marcel Damphousse, elect |
| Vicar General | Guy Desrochers, CSsR |
| Bishops emeritus | Marcel André J. Gervais |
| Website | |
| catholicottawa.ca | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall (Latin: Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis, French: L'Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall) is a Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and Timmins. On 6 May 2020, Pope Francis merged the Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall to create the Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall.[1]
It was elevated to archdiocese status on 8 June 1886. As of 2004, the archdiocese contained 111 parishes, 177 active diocesan priests, 102 religious priests, and 400,000 Catholics. It also has 848 Women Religious, 147 Religious Brothers, and 60 permanent deacons.
Bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ottawa and their terms of service:
- Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues (1847–1874)
- Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1874–1909)
- Charles-Hughes Gauthier (1910–1922)
- Joseph-Médard Émard (1922–1927)
- Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (1928–1940)
- Alexandre Vachon (1940–1953)
- Marie-Joseph Lemieux (1953–1966), appointed titular Archbishop and nuncio
- Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (1967–1989)
- Marcel André J. Gervais (1989–2007)
- Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2007–present); see changed to Ottawa-Cornwall, May 6, 2020, when the Alexandria-Cornwall diocese was merged with this archdiocese
Coadjutor bishops
- Alexandre Vachon (1939-1940)
- Marcel André J. Gervais (1989)
- Marcel Damphousse (2020–present)
Auxiliary bishops
Former
- Maxime Tessier (1951-1953), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
- Paul-Émile Charbonneau (1960-1963), appointed Bishop of Hull, Québec
- Joseph Raymond Windle (1960-1969), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario
- René Audet (1963-1968), appointed Bishop of Joliette, Québec
- John Michael Behan (1977-1988)
- Gilles Bélisle (1977-1993)
- Brendan Michael O'Brien (1987-1993), appointed Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario
- Paul Marchand, SSM (1993-1999), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
- Frederick Joseph Colli (1994-1999), appointed Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Christian Riesbeck, CC (2014-2019), appointed Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- John Thomas McNally, appointed Bishop of Calgary, Alberta in 1913
- François-Xavier Brunet, appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec in 1913
- Joseph Charbonneau, appointed Bishop of Hearst, Ontario in 1939
- Jean Gratton, appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec in 1978
- Jean-Louis Plouffe, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1986
- José Avelino Bettencourt, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2018
References
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 14.05.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
Bibliography
- Brunet, François-Xavier (1911). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Archdiocese of Ottawa page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006
- Carrière, Gaston (1972). "Guigues, Joseph-Bruno". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Perin; Comeau-Vasilopoulos, Gayle M. (1994). "Duhamel, Joseph-Thomas". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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