Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ottawa–Cornwall (English) / Ottavien(sis)–Cornubien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Hearst–Moosonee, Pembroke, Timmins

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19), Saint Patrick (March 17), Immaculate Heart of Mary (moveable)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 4 (1853), September 12 (1976)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1847.06.25: Established as Diocese of Bytown / Bypolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kingston and became suffragan of Québec)
1860.06.14: Renamed as Diocese of Ottawa / Ottavien(sis) (Latin)
1882.07.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac
1886.06.08: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa / Ottavien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Pontiac)
1908.09.21: Gained suffragan see Temiskaming
1913.04.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mont-Laurier and gained suffragan see Mont-Laurier
1919.04.18: Gained suffragan see Northern Ontario
1938.12.03: Gained suffragan see Baie de James
1951.06.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint-Jérôme
1963.04.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Hull and gained suffragan see Hull
1967.07.13: Lost suffragan see Baie de James
1973.11.29: Gained suffragan see Rouyn-Noranda
1990.10.31: Lost suffragan sees Gatineau–Hull, Mont-Laurier and Rouyn-Noranda
2020.05.06: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall (English) / Ottavien(sis)–Cornubien(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Alexandria–Cornwall)

Contact Info

Address: 1247 Place Kilborn, Ottawa, ON K1H 6K9, Canada

Phone: +1 (613) 738-5025

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.09)

Tweets

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.12.04 – ...):	Archbishop Marcel Damphousse (61)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.03.17 – ...):	Bishop Yvan Mathieu, S.M. (63) Titular Bishop of Vazari

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ottawa–Cornwall (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Marcel Damphousse (61)
(2020.12.04 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1963.03.19 (Saint-Joseph, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1991.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.02

Priest of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1991.06.28 – 2012.06.28)

Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada) (2012.06.28 – 2015.11.12)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (2015.11.12 – 2020.05.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada) (2020.05.06 – 2020.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada) (2020.12.04 – ...)

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (80)
(2020.05.06 – 2020.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

In nomine Jesu

Born:	1944.02.19 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.25

Titular Bishop of Slebte (1995.02.22 – 1998.06.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Canada) (1995.02.22 – 1998.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) (1998.06.30 – 2007.05.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth (Canada) (2002.01.24 – 2007.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (2007.05.14 – 2020.05.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada) (2016.01.14 – 2018.04.27)

Bishop of Alexandria–Cornwall (Canada) (2018.04.27 – 2020.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada) (2020.05.06 – 2020.12.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Hearst–Moosonee (Canada) (2020.11.30 – 2022.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ottawa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (80)
(2007.05.14 – 2020.05.06)

(see above)

Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais
(1989.09.27 – 2007.05.14)

Evangelizare

Born:	1931.09.21 (Elie, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1958.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.06.11
Died:	2023.08.06 (Ottawa, ON, Canada † 91)

Priest of London (Canada) (1958.05.31 – 1980.04.19)

Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie (1980.04.19 – 1985.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (1980.04.19 – 1985.05.03)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) (1985.05.03 – 1989.05.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1989.05.13 – 1989.09.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1989.09.27 – 2007.05.14)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1991 – 1993)

Archbishop Joseph-Aurèle Plourde
(1967.01.02 – 1989.09.27)

In persona Christi

Born:	1915.01.12 (Saint-François-de-Madawaska, NB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1944.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.08.26
Died:	2013.01.05 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Lapda (1964.07.30 – 1967.01.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario (Canada) (1964.07.30 – 1967.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1967.01.02 – 1989.09.27)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1970 – 1971)

Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー)
(1953.06.29 – 1966.09.24)

In caritate Christi

Born:	1902.05.10 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1928.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.06.29
Died:	1994.03.04 († 91)

Bishop of Hakodate 函館 (Japan) (1935.12.03 – 1936.03.09)

Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1936.03.09 – 1941.01.16)

Titular Bishop of Calydon (1941.01.16 – 1944.04.07)

Bishop of Gravelbourg (1944.04.07 – 1953.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1953.06.29 – 1966.09.24)

Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti (1966.09.24 – 1969)

Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1966.09.24 – 1994.03.04)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India (1969 – 1971)

Archbishop Alexandre Vachon
(1940.05.22 – 1953.03.30)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:	1885.08.16 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1910.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.02.02
Died:	1953.03.30 († 67)

Titular Archbishop of Acrida (1939.12.11 – 1940.05.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1939.12.11 – 1940.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1940.05.22 – 1953.03.30)

Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes
(1928.01.29 – 1940.05.22)

Salus per Christum

Born:	1865.08.10 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1888.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.10.09
Died:	1940.05.22 († 74)

Bishop of Joliette (Canada) (1913.08.06 – 1928.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1928.01.29 – 1940.05.22)

Archbishop Joseph-Médard Émard
(1922.06.02 – 1927.03.28)

Video ut faciam

Born:	1853.04.01 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1876.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.06.09
Died:	1927.03.28 († 73)

Bishop of Valleyfield (Canada) (1892.04.05 – 1922.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1922.06.02 – 1927.03.28)

Archbishop Charles-Hugues Gauthier
(1910.09.06 – 1922.01.19)

In fide et lenitate

Born:	1843.11.13 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1867.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.10.18
Died:	1922.01.19 († 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kingston (Canada) (1898.07.29 – 1910.09.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1910.09.06 – 1922.01.19)

Archbishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel
(1886.06.08 – 1909.06.05)

Pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis

Born:	1841.11.06 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1863.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.10.28
Died:	1909.06.05 († 67)

Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1874.09.01 – 1886.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1886.06.08 – 1909.06.05)

Bishops of Ottawa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (later Archbishop)
(1874.09.01 – 1886.06.08)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I.
(1860.06.14 – 1874.02.08)

Pauperes evangelizantur

Born:	1805.08.27 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1828.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.07.30
Died:	1874.02.08 († 68)

Bishop of Bytown (Canada) (1847.07.09 – 1860.06.14)

Bishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1860.06.14 – 1874.02.08)

Bishops of Bytown (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I.
(1847.07.09 – 1860.06.14)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais (1989.05.13 – 1989.09.27)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Marcel Damphousse (61) (2020.05.06 – 2020.12.04)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Alexandre Vachon (1939.12.11 – 1940.05.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Christian Riesbeck, C.C. (54) (2014.01.07 – 2019.10.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Frederick Joseph Colli (74) (1994.12.19 – 1999.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M. (1993.05.31 – 1999.03.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Brendan Michael O’Brien (80) (later Archbishop) (1987.05.06 – 1993.05.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilles Bélisle (1977.05.11 – 1993.08.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Michael Beahen (1977.05.11 – 1988.03.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop René Audet (1963.05.21 – 1968.01.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Raymond Windle (1960.11.15 – 1969.01.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul-Émile Charbonneau (1960.11.15 – 1963.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maxime Tessier (1951.05.28 – 1953)