Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa is a Roman 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.
[edit] Residential bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ottawa and their terms of service:
- Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues or Joseph-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-present)
[edit] External links
"Ottawa". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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