Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf tɔma dyamɛl]; 6 November 1841 – 5 June 1909) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Ottawa.
Born in Contrecœur, Lower Canada, he was educated at St. Joseph's College, Ottawa, and ordained in 1863. He became Bishop of Ottawa in 1874 and Archbishop of Ottawa in 1886. In 1887, he became metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ottawa. He was chancellor of the University of Ottawa.
Two municipalities in Quebec, Duhamel and Duhamel-Ouest, as well as one in Alberta Duhamel, Alberta are named after him.[1][2][3]
References
- "Joseph-Thomas Duhamel". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). . . Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Duhamel". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Duhamel-Ouest". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ Hambly, J.R. Stan (1974). The Battle River Country: An Historical Sketch of Duhamel and District. Duhamel Historical Society. p. 23. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013.
External links
Media related to Joseph-Thomas Duhamel at Wikimedia Commons- Works by or about Joseph-Thomas Duhamel at the Internet Archive
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