Archdiocese of Ottawa

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Bishop(s) Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop Marcel André J. Gervais, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Hearst Pembroke Timmins

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 8 June 1886 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Province: Ontario Country: Canada Square Kilometers: 5,818 (2,247 Square Miles) Conference Region: Ontario Catholic Directory Abbreviation: O Official Web Site: http://www.ecclesia-ottawa.org/ Mailing Address: 1247 Place Kilborn, Ottawa, Ont. K1H 6K9, Canada Telephone: (613)738-5025 Fax: 738-0130

Historical Details

• Diocese of Bytown
  • Latin Name: Bypolitanus
  • Erected: 25 June 1847
  • Province: Ontario
  • Country: Canada

• Diocese of Ottawa
  • Latin Name: Ottaviensis
  • Name Changed: 14 June 1860
  • Province: Ontario
  • Country: Canada

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. † (9 Jul 1847 Appointed - 8 Feb 1874 Died)
• Joseph-Thomas Duhamel † (1 Sep 1874 Appointed - 5 Jun 1909 Died)
• Charles-Hugues Gauthier † (6 Sep 1910 Appointed - 19 Jan 1922 Died)
• Joseph-Médard Émard † (2 Jun 1922 Appointed - 28 Mar 1927 Died)
• Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (29 Jan 1928 Appointed - 22 May 1940 Died)
• Alexandre Vachon † (22 May 1940 Succeeded - 30 Mar 1953 Died)
• Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † (29 Jun 1953 Appointed - 24 Sep 1966 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Saldae)
• Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (2 Jan 1967 Appointed - 27 Sep 1989 Retired)
• Marcel André J. Gervais (27 Sep 1989 Succeeded - 14 May 2007 Retired)
• Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (14 May 2007 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Bytown
25 June 1847	Erected	Diocese of Kingston Diocese of Montréal	Diocese of Bytown (erected)
Diocese of Ottawa
14 June 1860	Name Changed	Diocese of Bytown	Diocese of Ottawa
11 July 1882	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ottawa Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface Diocese of Trois Rivières	Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac (erected)
Archdiocese of Ottawa
8 June 1886	Elevated	Diocese of Ottawa	Archdiocese of Ottawa
21 April 1913	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Ottawa	Diocese of Mont-Laurier (erected)
23 June 1951	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mont-Laurier Archdiocese of Montréal Archdiocese of Ottawa	Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (erected)
27 April 1963	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Ottawa	Diocese of Hull (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Ottawa
1950	241,000	380,000	63.4%	273	416	689	349		1,118	1,942	132	ap1951
1966	210,455	360,000	58.5%	204	356	560	375		495	1,630	105	ap1967
1970	199,985	249,530	80.1%	196	470	666	300		680	1,634	98	ap1971
1976	261,545	516,945	50.6%	172	271	443	590	1	409	1,375	100	ap1977
1980	285,900	575,000	49.7%	166	254	420	680	9	393	1,252	100	ap1981
1990	350,000	677,000	51.7%	149	222	371	943	13	326	1,047	112	ap1991
1999	402,305	805,610	49.9%	162	179	341	1,179	40	233	886	113	ap2000
2000	402,305	805,610	49.9%	167	167	334	1,204	49	215	871	113	ap2001
2001	402,305	805,610	49.9%	172	175	347	1,159	47	217	859	113	ap2002
2002	402,305	812,305	49.5%	162	102	264	1,523	50	149	830	113	ap2003
2003	402,305	812,305	49.5%	170	102	272	1,479	51	142	848	113	ap2004
2004	392,635	812,305	48.3%	177	102	279	1,407	60	147	848	111	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• René Audet (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 1963 to 3 Jan 1968)
• John Michael Beahen † (Priest: 15 Jun 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 May 1977 to 14 Mar 1988)
• Gilles Bélisle † (Priest: 2 Feb 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 May 1977 to 19 Aug 1993)
• François-Xavier Brunet † (Priest: 23 Sep 1893 to 6 Aug 1913)
• Joseph Charbonneau † (Priest: 24 Jun 1916 to 22 Jun 1939)
• Paul-Émile Charbonneau (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Nov 1960 to 21 May 1963)
• Frederick Joseph Colli (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1994 to 2 Feb 1999)
• Joseph-Thomas Duhamel † (Bishop: 1 Sep 1874; Archbishop: 8 Jun 1886 to 5 Jun 1909)
• Joseph-Médard Émard † (Archbishop: 2 Jun 1922 to 28 Mar 1927)
• Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1928 to 22 May 1940)
• Charles-Hugues Gauthier † (Archbishop: 6 Sep 1910 to 19 Jan 1922)
• Marcel André J. Gervais (Coadjutor Archbishop: 13 May 1989; Archbishop: 27 Sep 1989 to 14 May 2007)
• Jean Gratton (Priest: 27 Apr 1952 to 10 May 1978)
• Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1847 to 8 Feb 1874)
• Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † (Archbishop: 29 Jun 1953 to 24 Sep 1966)
• Paul Marchand, S.M.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 May 1993 to 8 Mar 1999)
• John Thomas McNally † (Priest: 4 Apr 1896 to 4 Apr 1913)
• Brendan Michael O'Brien (Priest: 1 Jun 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 May 1987 to 5 May 1993)
• Jean-Louis Plouffe (Priest: 12 Jun 1965 to 12 Dec 1986)
• Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (Archbishop: 2 Jan 1967 to 27 Sep 1989)
• Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. (Archbishop: 14 May 2007 - )
• Maxime Tessier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1951 to 1953)
• Alexandre Vachon † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 11 Dec 1939; Archbishop: 22 May 1940 to 30 Mar 1953)
• Joseph Raymond Windle † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Nov 1960 to 23 Jan 1969)