Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa
Archdiocese of Ottawa Archidioecesis Ottaviensis Archidiocèse d'Ottawa | |
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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) 922,014 441,798 (47.9%) |
Information | |
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, French: Archidiocèse d'Ottawa) 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.
Contents
1 Diocesan bishops
1.1 Auxiliary bishops
1.1.1 Current
1.1.2 Former
2 References
2.1 Bibliography
3 External links
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–)
Auxiliary bishops
Current
Christian Riesbeck, CC (2014-present)
Former
Alexandre Vachon (1939-1940, Coadjutor)
Maxime Tessier (1951-1953)
Paul-Émile Charbonneau (1960-1963)
Joseph Raymond Windle (1960-1969)
René Audet (1963-1968)
John Michael Behan (1977-1988)
Gilles Bélisle (1977-1993)
Brendan Michael O'Brien (1987-1993)
Marcel André J. Gervais (1989, Coadjutor)
Paul Marchand, SSM (1993-1999)
Frederick Joseph Colli (1994-1999)
References
^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/01/07/0010/00012.html
Bibliography
Brunet, François-Xavier (1911). . In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
Archdiocese of Ottawa page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 13, 2006
Carrière, Gaston (1972). "Guigues, Joseph-Bruno". In Hayne, David. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
Perin; Comeau-Vasilopoulos, Gayle M. (1994). "Duhamel, Joseph-Thomas". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
External links
- Archdiocese of Ottawa site
Coordinates: 45°25′48″N 75°41′46″W / 45.4299°N 75.6962°W / 45.4299; -75.6962
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