Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa (, ) is a Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and 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.

Bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ottawa and their terms of service:
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–)

Coadjutor bishops
Alexandre Vachon (1939-1940)
Marcel André J. Gervais (1989)

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

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 titular Archbishop in 2018

References

Bibliography

Archdiocese of Ottawa page at catholichierarchy.org  retrieved July 13, 2006

External links 
Archdiocese of Ottawa site

 
Category:Organizations based in Ottawa