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The diocese of Bytown was founded in 1847. In 1860, the name was changed to Diocese of Ottawa, and it became an archdiocese in 1886.
Bishops
2020- Most Rev. Marcel Damphousse1847-1874 Most Rev. Joseph Eugène Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. 1974-1909 Most Rev. Joseph Thomas Duhamel 1910-1922 Most Rev. Charles-Hugues Gauthier 1922-1927 Most Rev. Joseph Médard Émard 1928-1940 Most Rev. Guillaume Forbes 1940-1953 Most Rev. Alexandre Vachon 1953-1966 Most Rev. Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. 1967-1989 Most Rev. Joseph-Aurèle Plourde 1989-2007 Most Rev. Marcel A. Gervais 2007-2020 Most Rev. Terrence Prendergast, S.J.
Currently, the archdiocese has 131 diocesan and 58 religious priests, 638 religious brothers and sisters, 71 permanent deacons and an ever-growing number of lay pastoral workers serving a multicultural Catholic population of close to 400,000 Catholics in 110 parishes and missions.
To learn more about the Archdiocese: https://ottawacornwall.ca/