Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa

Archdiocese of Ottawa Archidioecesis Ottaviensis
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 2013) 892,000 428,000 (48%)
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) 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

↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/01/07/0010/00012.html

Bibliography

"Ottawa". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
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

Archdiocese of Ottawa site

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