Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall Archidioecesis Ottaviensis–Cornubiensis Archidiocèse d'Ottawa-Cornwall
Notre Dame Church of Ottawa
Coat of arms
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,
Vicar General	Leo Villeneuve Kevin Maloney
Emeritus Bishops	Marcel André J. Gervais Terrence Prendergast, S.J.

The Roman Catholic 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.

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)
• Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (2007–2020)

Archbishops of Ottawa-Cornwall

• Terrence Prendergast (2020)
• Marcel Damphousse (2020)

Coadjutor bishops

• Alexandre Vachon (1939-1940)
• Marcel André J. Gervais (1989)
• Marcel Damphousse (2020- )

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

See also

In Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Ottawa-Cornwall para niños