Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall

Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall

*Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis*

Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall
Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall; Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis; Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall
	Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa
	Logo of the Diocese
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Ottawa
Statistics
Area	5,818 km2 (2,246 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2016); 922,014; 441,797 (47.9%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 8, 1886
Cathedral	Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Marcel Damphousse
Auxiliary Bishops	Yvan Mathieu
Vicar General	Leo Villeneuve ; Kevin Maloney
Bishops emeritus	Terrence Prendergast, S.J.
Website
	ottawacornwall.ca

The Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall (Latin: Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis, French: L'Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall) is a Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and Timmins. On 6 May 2020, Pope Francis amalgamated the Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall to create the Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall.^[1]

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 Ottawa

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), appointed titular Archbishop and nuncio
Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (1967–1989)
Marcel André J. Gervais (1989–2007)^[2]
Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2007^[2]–2020)^[1]

Archbishops of Ottawa-Cornwall

Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (May 2020–Dec 2020)
Marcel Damphousse (2020– )^[1]

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Former

Maxime Tessier (1951-1953), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
Paul-Émile Charbonneau (1960-1963), appointed Bishop of Hull, Québec
Joseph Raymond Windle (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, SSM (1993-1999), appointed Bishop of Timmins, Ontario
Frederick Joseph Colli (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
François-Xavier Brunet, appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec in 1913
Joseph Charbonneau, appointed Bishop of Hearst, Ontario in 1939
Jean Gratton, appointed Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec in 1978
Jean-Louis Plouffe, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario in 1986
José Avelino Bettencourt, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2018

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Resignations and Appointments, 06.05.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 14.05.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2020.