Marcel Damphousse

Bishop's coat of arms by Marcel Damphousse

Marcel Damphousse (born March 19, 1963 in Saint Joseph , Manitoba ) is a Canadian clergyman and Roman Catholic coadjutor archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall .

Life

Marcel Damphousse studied psychology at the Collège de Saint-Boniface and from 1988 Catholic theology at the Saint Paul University in Ottawa . He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface on June 28, 1991 .

After being ordained a priest, Marcel Damphousse worked as a parish vicar in various parishes before becoming pastor of the parish of Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité in Somerset in 1994 and responsible for vocational pastoral care . In 1996 he also became pastor of the parish of Saint-Léon . Damphousse was sent to Rome in 2000 for further studies , where he obtained a licentiate in spirituality from the Pontifical Faculty of Teresianum in 2002 . From 2003 to 2008 Marcel Damphousse was chaplain at St. Boniface High School and again pastor and responsible for vocational ministry. In 2008 Damphousse became rector of the Saint-Boniface cathedral and a member of the diocesan property council.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall on June 28, 2012 . He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of Kingston , Brendan Michael O'Brien , on September 2 of the same year; Co - consecrators were Paul-André Durocher , Archbishop of Gatineau , and Albert LeGatt , Archbishop of Saint-Boniface.

On November 12, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie . Pope Francis appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall on May 6, 2020. The inauguration took place on June 16 of the same year.

Web links

Entry on Marcel Damphousse on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 12, 2015, accessed November 12, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Fusione dell'Arcidiocesi di Ottawa e della Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall (Canada) e nomina dell'Arcivescovo e del coadiutore della nuova circoscrizione ecclesiastica di Ottawa-Cornwall. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 6, 2020, accessed May 6, 2020 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean-Louis Plouffe	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie 2015-2020	NN
Paul-André Durocher	Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall 2012–2015	Terrence Prendergast

personal data
SURNAME	Damphousse, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian clergyman and Roman Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Joseph , Manitoba , Canada

[1] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Sault Sainte Marie (Canada) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 12, 2015, accessed November 12, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Fusione dell'Arcidiocesi di Ottawa e della Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall (Canada) e nomina dell'Arcivescovo e del coadiutore della nuova circoscrizione ecclesiastica di Ottawa-Cornwall. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 6, 2020, accessed May 6, 2020 (Italian).