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Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall

Archidioecesis Ottaviensis-Cornubiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Marcel Damphousse, Archbishop
  • Yvan Mathieu, S.M., Auxiliary Bishop
  • Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • United: 6 May 2020
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Province: Ontario
  • Country: Canada
  • Square Kilometers: 7,108 (2,745 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Ontario
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: O
  • Official Web Site: https://ottawacornwall.ca/
  • Mailing Address: Archevêché, 1244 Kilborn place, Ottawa, ON K1H 6L1, Canada
  • Telephone: (613)738-5025
  • Fax: 738-0130

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Bytown
25 June 1847ErectedDiocese of Kingston
Diocese of Montréal
Diocese of North-West (Nord-Ouest)
Diocese of Toronto
Diocese of Bytown (erected)
1850Territory AddedDiocese of Kingston (Counties of Russell, Prescott, Carleton, and Lanark) Diocese of Bytown
Diocese of Ottawa
14 June 1860Name ChangedDiocese of Bytown Diocese of Ottawa
11 July 1882Territory LostDiocese of Ottawa
Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface
Diocese of Trois-Rivières
Vicariate Apostolic of Pontiac (erected)
Archdiocese of Ottawa
8 June 1886ElevatedDiocese of Ottawa Archdiocese of Ottawa
10 May 1887ElevatedArchdiocese of Ottawa (became a Metropolitan)
21 April 1913Territory LostArchdiocese of Ottawa Diocese of Mont-Laurier (erected)
23 June 1951Territory LostDiocese of Mont-Laurier (3 parishes in Argenteuil)
Archdiocese of Montréal (18 parishes in Terrebonne; 8 parishes from Deux Montagnes; and 4 parishes from Argenteuil)
Archdiocese of Ottawa (7 parishes from Argenteuil)
Diocese of Saint-Jérôme (erected)
25 November 1952Territory LostArchdiocese of Montréal (St. Maurice de Bois des Fillion in Terrebonne)
Archdiocese of Ottawa (Kilmar in Argenteuil)
Diocese of Saint-Jérôme
27 April 1963Territory LostArchdiocese of Ottawa Diocese of Hull (erected)
Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall
6 May 2020UnitedDiocese of Alexandria-Cornwall
Archdiocese of Ottawa
Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Ottawa
1950241,000380,00063.4%2734166893491,1181,942132ap1951
1966210,455360,00058.5%2043565603754951,630105ap1967
1970199,985249,53080.1%1964706663006801,63498ap1971
1976261,545516,94550.6%17227144359014091,375100ap1977
1980285,900575,00049.7%16625442068093931,252100ap1981
1990350,000677,00051.7%149222371943133261,047112ap1991
1999402,305805,61049.9%1621793411,17940233886113ap2000
2000402,305805,61049.9%1671673341,20449215871113ap2001
2001402,305805,61049.9%1721753471,15947217859113ap2002
2002402,305812,30549.5%1621022641,52350149830113ap2003
2003402,305812,30549.5%1701022721,47951142848113ap2004
2004392,635812,30548.3%1771022791,40760147848111ap2005
2013428,000892,00048.0%1151672821,51786183582107ap2014
2016441,798922,01447.9%1161672831,56186180495107ap2017
2019458,200956,20047.9%1161032192,09291115445107ap2020
Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall
2021465,000967,26048.1%1441062501,860108113425128ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Bytown
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 177
  • Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 112, Page 607, to Page 609
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