Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa
Archdiocese of Ottawa
Archidioecesis Ottaviensis
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Notre Dame Church of Ottawa
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Ottawa |
Statistics | |
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Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 892,000 428,000 (48%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | June 8, 1886 |
Cathedral | Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Terrence Prendergast |
Auxiliary Bishops | Christian Riesbeck[1] |
Vicar General | Kevin Beach |
Emeritus Bishops | Marcel André J. Gervais |
Website | |
catholicottawa.ca |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ottaviensis) is a Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and the Timmins. It is currently led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.
It was elevated to archdiocese status on June 8, 1886. As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 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.
Diocesan 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)
- Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (1967–1989)
- Marcel André J. Gervais (1989–2007)
- Terrence Prendergast (2007–)
References
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Bibliography
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- Archdiocese of Ottawa page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Guigues
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Duhamel
External links
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