What is Terrence Prendergast?
[[File:Stations of the Cross on Parliament Hill, Ottawa (16997366556) (Terrence Prendergast cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Terrence Prendergast in 2015]] '''Terrence Thomas Prendergast, SJ''' (born 19 February 1944) is the [[Archbishop]] of [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]].<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bprett.html |title=Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy |accessdate=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was formerly the Archbishop of [[Halifax]]. Prior to that he was the titular (in title only) Bishop of Slebte and Auxiliary Bishop of [[Toronto]].<ref name=CO>{{cite web |url=http://catholicottawa.ca/archbishop |title=Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, SJ, Archbishop of Ottawa |author= |date= |website= |publisher=CatholicOttawa.ca |accessdate=17 May 2015 |archive-date=21 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321095913/http://catholicottawa.ca/archbishop |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Early life== Prendergast was born in [[Montreal]].<ref name=CH/> He became a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[priest]] in 1972.<ref name=CO/> He has a [[Bachelor of Arts]] [[Academic degree|degree]] from [[Fordham University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cccb.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2473&Itemid=1214&lang=eng |title=New Archbishop Named for Ottawa |author= |date=13 May 2007 |website= |publisher=New Archbishop Named for Ottawa |accessdate=17 May 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194324/http://www.cccb.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2473&Itemid=1214&lang=eng |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then studied at Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, which was a part of Saint Mary's University in Halifax. There he earned a [[Master of Divinity]] and a [[Doctor of Theology]] degree. ==Professor== Prendergast taught [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] at Loyola High School in Montreal from 1967 to 1969. After he became a [[priest]] and earned his Doct