The Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall (, ) is a Catholic archdiocese in the Province of Ontario. It is the metropolitan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Ottawa–Cornwall which includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst–Moosonee, Pembroke, and Timmins. As of 2023, the archdiocese had 129 parishes, 129 diocesan priests, 103 religious priests, and 472,000 Catholics. It also had 379 women religious, 110 religious brothers, and 100 permanent deacons.

History

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. On 6 May 2020, Pope Francis amalgamated the Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall to create the Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall.

Territory The archdiocese includes the City of Ottawa, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, the eastern portion of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, as well as a small portion of Lanark County consisting of only two parishes.

Leadership Bishops and archbishops of Ottawa Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues (1847–1874) Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1874–1909) Charles-Hugues 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, S.J. (May 2020–Dec 2020) Marcel Damphousse (2020– )

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

Auxiliary bishops 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

Statistics Year Population Priests Permanent Deacons Religious Parishes Catholics Total Population % Total Priests Diocesan Priests Religious priests Catholics per Priest Male Religious Female Religious Archdiocese of Ottawa 1950 241,000 380,000 63.4 689 273 416 349 1,118 1,942 132 1966 210,455 360,000 58.5 560 204 356 375 495 1,630 105 1970 199,985 249,530 80.1 666 196 470 300 680 1,634 98 1976 261,545 516,945 50.6 443 172 271 590 1 409 1,375 100 1980 285,900 575,000 49.7 420 166 254 680 9 393 1,252 100 1990 350,000 677,000 51.7 371 149 222 943 13 326 1,047 112 1999 402,305 805,610 49.9 341 162 179 1,179 40 233 886 113 2000 402,305 805,610 49.9 334 167 167 1,204 49 215 871 113 2001 402,305 805,610 49.9 347 172 175 1,159 47 217 859 113 2002 402,305 812,305 49.5 264 162 102 1,523 50 149 830 113 2003 402,305 812,305 49.5 272 170 102 1,479 51 142 848 113 2004 392,635 812,305 48.3 279 177 102 1,407 60 147 848 111 2013 428,000 892,000 48.0 282 115 167 1,517 86 183 582 107 2016 441,798 922,014 47.9 283 116 167 1,561 86 180 495 107 2019 458,200 956,200 47.9 219 116 103 2,092 91 115 445 107 Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario 1950 42,300 63,500 66.6 50 43 7 846 36 212 29 1959 48,000 69,100 69.5 61 46 15 786 70 240 33 1965 ? 77,081 ? 75 54 21 ? 35 252 32 1970 55,000 78,200 70.3 62 51 11 887 17 220 30 Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall 1976 51,989 78,731 66.0 56 47 9 928 20 156 31 1980 45,829 81,541 56.2 46 38 8 996 1 18 131 34 1990 56,500 88,000 64.2 48 42 6 1,177 10 16 94 34 1999 56,050 87,388 64.1 36 36 1,556 16 4 65 34 2000 56,050 87,388 64.1 45 35 10 1,245 18 10 66 34 2001 56,050 87,388 64.1 43 34 9 1,303 18 17 61 34 2002 56,050 87,388 64.1 49 39 10 1,143 16 14 55 34 2003 56,050 87,388 64.1 46 37 9 1,218 16 13 55 34 2004 56,050 87,383 64.1 45 36 9 1,245 16 13 32 32 2006 55,675 87,500 63.6 47 40 7 1,184 17 11 24 31 2012 56,600 91,000 62.2 44 32 12 1,286 9 26 22 27 2015 57,400 100,800 56.9 37 34 3 1,551 18 3 20 28 2018 64,780 104,200 62.2 29 27 2 2,233 16 2 20 26 Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall 2021 465,000 967,260 48.1 250 144 106 1,860 108 113 425 128 2023 472,000 981,800 48.1 232 129 103 2,034 100 110 379 129

References

Bibliography

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

External links Official website