Joseph-Thomas Duhamel
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Joseph-Thomas Duhamel was a Canadian
Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Ottawa
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Born in Contrecœur
, Lower Canada
, he became Bishop of Ottawa in 1874 and Archbishop of Ottawa in 1886.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Ottawa
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and the Timmins. It is currently led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast....
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Born in Contrecœur
Contrecoeur, Quebec
Contrecœur is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,678...
, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, he became Bishop of Ottawa in 1874 and Archbishop of Ottawa in 1886.