Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (C.C.C.B.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Conférence des Evêques Catholiques du Canada (C.E.C.C.) (français)

Country: Canada

Address: 2500 Don Reid Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 2J2, Canada

Phone: +1 (613) 241-9461

Websites:

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Present Officials

President (2025.09.26 – ...):	Bishop Pierre Goudreault (62) Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)
Vice-President (2025.09.26 – ...):	Archbishop Donald Joseph Bolen (64) Metropolitan Archbishop of Regina (Canada)
General Secretary (2021.09.27 – ...):	Fr. Jean Vézina Priest of Sault Sainte Marie (Canada)

Past Officials

President: Bishop William Terrence McGrattan (69) (2023.09.28 – 2025.09.26)
President: Bishop Raymond Poisson (67) (2021.09.27 – 2023.09.28)
President: Archbishop Richard Joseph Gagnon (77) (2019.09.28 – 2021.09.27)
President: Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (81) (2017.09.27 – 2019.09.28)
President: Bishop David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (76) (2015.09.15 – 2017.09.27)
President: Archbishop Paul-André Durocher (71) (2013.09.25 – 2015.09.15)
President: Archbishop Richard William Smith (66) (2011.10.18 – 2013.09.25)
President: Bishop Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette (80) (2009.10.23 – 2011.10.18)
President: Archbishop James Vernon Weisgerber (87) (2007.10 – 2009.10.23)
President: Archbishop André Gaumond (2005.10 – 2007.10)
President: Archbishop Brendan Michael O’Brien (82) (2003 – 2005)
President: Bishop Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. (2001 – 2003)
President: Bishop Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I. (88) (1999 – 2001)
President: Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte (1997 – 1999)
President: Archbishop Francis John Spence (1995 – 1997)
President: Bishop Jean-Guy Hamelin (1993 – 1995)
President: Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais (1991 – 1993)
President: Bishop Robert Lebel (1989 – 1991)
President: Archbishop James Martin Hayes (1987 – 1989)
President: Bishop Bernard Hubert (1985 – 1987)
President: Bishop John Michael Sherlock (1983 – 1985)
President: Archbishop Henri Légaré, O.M.I. (1981 – 1983)
President: Archbishop Joseph Neil MacNeil (1979 – 1981)
President: Archbishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. (1977 – 1979)
President: Bishop Gerald Emmett Carter (later Cardinal) (1975 – 1977)
President: Archbishop Jean-Marie Fortier (1973 – 1975)
President: Bishop William Edward Power (1971 – 1973)
President: Archbishop Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (1970 – 1971)
President: Bishop Alexander Carter (1967 – 1970)
President: Archbishop George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. (later Cardinal) (1964 – 1967)
President: Archbishop Joseph Gerald Berry (1960 – 1964)
President: Archbishop Paul Bernier (1959 – 1960)
President: Cardinal James Charles McGuigan (1958 – 1959)
Vice-President: Bishop Pierre Goudreault (62) (2023.09.28 – 2025.09.26)
Vice-President: Bishop William Terrence McGrattan (69) (2021.09.27 – 2023.09.28)
Vice-President: Bishop Raymond Poisson (67) (2019.09.28 – 2021.09.27)
Vice-President: Archbishop Richard Joseph Gagnon (77) (2017.09.27 – 2019.09.28)
Vice-President: Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (81) (2015.09.15 – 2017.09.27)
Vice-President: Bishop David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (76) (2013.09.25 – 2015.09.15)
Vice-President: Archbishop Paul-André Durocher (71) (2011.10.18 – 2013.09.25)
Vice-President: Archbishop Richard William Smith (66) (2009.10.23 – 2011.10.18)
Vice-President: Bishop Pierre Joseph Paul Morissette (80) (2007.10 – 2009.10.23)
Vice-President: Archbishop James Vernon Weisgerber (87) (2005 – 2007.10)
General Secretary: Msgr. Frank Leo (54) (later Cardinal) (2015.09.18 – 2021.09.27)
General Secretary: Msgr. Patrick Powers (2010.03.01 – 2015.09.18)
General Secretary: Msgr. Mario Paquette (2004.03.01 – 2010.03.01)
General Secretary: Msgr. Peter Schonenbach (1998.03.01 – 2004.03.01)
General Secretary: Fr. David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (76) (later Bishop) (1996 – 1997)
General Secretary: Fr. Émilius Goulet, P.S.S. (92) (later Archbishop) (1995 – 1999)
General Secretary: Fr. William F. Ryan, S.J. (1984 – 1990)
General Secretary: Fr. André Vallée, P.M.E. (later Bishop) (1979 – 1985)

Last updated on 2025.11.04