What is Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa?
The '''Archdiocese of Ottawa''' ({{Lang-la|Archidioecesis Ottaviensis}}) is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Diocese|archdiocese]] in Canada. It includes part of the province of [[Ontario]]. It is also in charge of three other smaller dioceses: [[Diocese of Hearst|Hearst]], [[Diocese of Pembroke|Pembroke]], and [[Diocese of Timmins|Timmins]]. Its leader is Archbishop [[Terrence Prendergast]]. It became an archdiocese on June 8, 1886. As of 2004, there are 111 [[parish]]es, 177 active diocesan [[priest]]s, 102 religious priests, and 400,000 Catholics in the Archdiocese of Ottawa.There are also 848 women religious, 147 religious brothers, and 60 permanent deacons. ==Diocesan bishops== Here is a list of the 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) *[[Joseph-Aurèle Plourde]] (1967–1989) *[[Marcel André J. Gervais]] (1989–2007) *[[Terrence Prendergast]] (2007–) ==References== ===Bibliography=== *{{CathEncy|wstitle=Ottawa}} *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dotta.html Archdiocese of Ottawa page at catholichierarchy.org] retrieved July 13, 2006 *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39135 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' - Guigues ] *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40812 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' - Duhamel] == Other websites == *[http://catholicottawa.ca/ Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208112953/http://catholicottawa.ca/ |date=2014-12-08 }} [[Category:1886 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Religion in Canada]] [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses|Ottawa]] [[Category:Ottawa]]