The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall ( la, Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis, french: L'Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall) is a

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that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and

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. On 6 May 2020,

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amalgamated the Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall to create the Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall. The Diocese of Bytown was erected on 25 June 1847. Its name was changed to the Diocese of Ottawa on 14 June 1860. 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.

Leadership

;Bishops and archbishops of

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* Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues (1847–1874) *

Joseph-Thomas Duhamel Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (6 November 1841 – 5 June 1909) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Ottawa. Born in Contrecœur, Lower Canada, he was educated at St. Joseph's College, Ottawa, and ordained in 1863. He became Bis ...

(1874–1909) * Charles-Hughes Gauthier (1910–1922) * Joseph-Médard Émard (1922–1927) * Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (1928–1940) * Alexandre Vachon (1940–1953) *

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(1953–1966), appointed titular Archbishop and nuncio *

Joseph-Aurèle Plourde Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, (January 12, 1915 – January 5, 2013) was a Canadians, Canadian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario. Early years Archbishop Plourde was born in Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick to Antoine Plourde a ...

(1967–1989) * Marcel André J. Gervais (1989–2007) *

Terrence Prendergast Terrence Thomas Prendergast (born 19 February 1944) is a Canadian member of the Society of Jesus who is also a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall. He was formerly an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ar ...

, S.J. (2007–2020) ;Archbishops of Ottawa-Cornwall *Terrence Prendergast (2020) *

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(2020)

Coadjutor bishops

* Alexandre Vachon (1939-1940) * Marcel André J. Gervais (1989) *

(2020- )

Auxiliary bishops

Former

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(1951-1953), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Timmins, Ontario *

Paul-Émile Charbonneau Paul-Émile Charbonneau (May 4, 1922 – May 21, 2014) was a Canadian Prelate of Catholic Church. Charbonneau was born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec and was ordained a priest on May 31, 1947. Charbonneau was appointed auxiliary archbishop to ...

(1960-1963), appointed Bishop of Hull, Québec *

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(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 Paul Marchard (April 17, 1937 – July 24, 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timmins, Canada. Marchand was born in Lafontaine, Ontario and grew up in the area near Georgian Bay. He attended Montford Father ...

, SSM (1993-1999), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario *

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(1994-1999), appointed Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario * Christian Riesbeck, CC (2014-2019), appointed Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick * Yvan Mathieu, s.m., (2022- )

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* John Thomas McNally, appointed Bishop of Calgary, Alberta in 1913 *

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, appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec in 1913 *

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, appointed Bishop of Hearst, Ontario in 1939 *

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, appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec in 1978 * Jean-Louis Plouffe, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1986 *

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, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2018

References

Bibliography

*
Archdiocese of Ottawa page at catholichierarchy.org
retrieved July 13, 2006 * *

External links

Archdiocese of Ottawa site
Organizations based in Ottawa {{Ottawa-stub