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Marc Ouellet

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Marc Ouellet

Marc Armand Ouellet (French pronunciation: [maʁk welɛ]; born 8 June 1944) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America from 2010 to 2023. He is a member of the Sulpicians. Ouellet served as Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada from 2003 to 2010. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003 and was considered a possible candidate for election to the papacy in 2005, 2013 and 2025. He spent his early career as a priest from 1972 to 2001 developing his credentials as a theologian and working as a seminary teacher and administrator in Canada, Colombia, and Rome. He also served briefly in the Roman Curia from 2001 to 2003.

Infobox

Appointed
30 June 2010
Term ended
30 January 2023
Predecessor
Giovanni Battista Re
Successor
Robert Francis Prevost
Other post
Cardinal-Bishop of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Previous posts
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (2001–2003)Titular Archbishop of Acropolis (2001–2003)Archbishop of Quebec (2003-2010)Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops (2010–2023)President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2010–2023)
Ordination
25 May 1968by Gaston Hains
Consecration
19 March 2001by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal
21 October 2003by Pope John Paul II
Rank
Cardinal Bishop
Born
Marc Armand Ouellet (1944-06-08) 8 June 1944 (age 81)La Motte, Quebec, Canada
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Parents
Pierre Ouellet and Graziella Michaud
Motto
Ut unum sint (That they may be one)

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Preceded byZenon Grocholewski
Preceded byZenon Grocholewski
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byZenon Grocholewski
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— TITULAR — Titular Bishop of Agropoli 3 March 2001 – 15 November 2002
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Succeeded byPedro López Quintana
Preceded byWalter Kasper
Preceded byWalter Kasper
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byWalter Kasper
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Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 3 March 2001 – 15 November 2002
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded byBrian Farrell
Preceded byMaurice Couture
Preceded byMaurice Couture
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Preceded byMaurice Couture
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Primate of CanadaArchbishop of Quebec 15 November 2002 – 30 June 2010
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded byGérald Lacroix
Preceded byGerald Emmett Carter
Preceded byGerald Emmett Carter
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Preceded byGerald Emmett Carter
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Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina 21 October 2003 –
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded byHimself as cardinal bishop
Preceded byGiovanni Battista Re
Preceded byGiovanni Battista Re
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byGiovanni Battista Re
Catholic Church titles
Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops 30 June 2010 – 30 January 2023
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded byRobert Francis Prevost
President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America 30 June 2010 – 30 January 2023
President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America 30 June 2010 – 30 January 2023
Catholic Church titles
President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America 30 June 2010 – 30 January 2023
Himself as cardinal priest
Himself as cardinal priest
Catholic Church titles
Himself as cardinal priest
Catholic Church titles
Cardinal Bishop of Santa Maria in Traspontina 28 June 2018 –
Catholic Church titles
Incumbent
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byZenon Grocholewski
— TITULAR — Titular Bishop of Agropoli 3 March 2001 – 15 November 2002
Succeeded byPedro López Quintana
Preceded byWalter Kasper
Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 3 March 2001 – 15 November 2002
Succeeded byBrian Farrell
Preceded byMaurice Couture
Primate of CanadaArchbishop of Quebec 15 November 2002 – 30 June 2010
Succeeded byGérald Lacroix
Preceded byGerald Emmett Carter
Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina 21 October 2003 –
Succeeded byHimself as cardinal bishop
Preceded byGiovanni Battista Re
Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops 30 June 2010 – 30 January 2023
Succeeded byRobert Francis Prevost
President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America 30 June 2010 – 30 January 2023
Himself as cardinal priest
Cardinal Bishop of Santa Maria in Traspontina 28 June 2018 –
Incumbent

References

  1. An investigation undertaken in 2020 concluded that Ouellet had failed while rector of the Grand Séminaire de Montréal to
  2. Ouellet's thesis was L'existence comme mission. L'anthropologie théologique de Hans Urs von Balthasar. It was published
  3. The text of Ouellet's letter is available in the original French and in an English translation.
  4. Before 2008, students selected from three courses, Catholic religious and moral education, Protestant religious and mora
  5. Ouellet had been associated with the Commission for Latin America since being named a consultor in 2003 and a member in
  6. See, for example, his audience with Pope Francis on 1 April 2023, where the Holy See Press Office identified him as "pre
  7. Deutsche Welle
    https://www.dw.com/en/who-will-be-the-next-pope-after-francis/a-72302123
  8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 03.03.2001"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/03/03/0140/00367.html
  9. Archdiocese of Quebec
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080208110716/http://www.diocesequebec.qc.ca/histoire/eveques/mgr_marc_ouellet.htm
  10. "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.11.2002"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/11/15/0565/01787.html
  11. La Presse
    https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2020-11-25/abus-sexuels-du-pretre-brian-boucher/un-rapport-accablant-pour-l-eglise-montrealaise.php
  12. "Report blames top Montreal Church officials for ignoring complaints about priest who preyed on young boys"
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/brian-boucher-montreal-catholic-church-1.5816064
  13. "Who Will Be the Next Pope?"
    https://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/conclave/top_candidates.htm
  14. L'existence comme mission. L'anthropologie théologique de Hans Urs von Balthasar
  15. "Holy Father Ordains Nine Bishops on the Solemnity of St. Joseph"
    https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20010319_episcopal-ordination.html
  16. "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.06.2001"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/06/12/0344/00988.html
  17. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
    https://www.cccb.ca/letter/saving-marriage-fundamental-institution-recognized-state-brief-canadian-conference-catholic-bishops-senate-standing-committee-constitution-legal-affairs/
  18. Le Devoir
    https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/165178/lettre-ouverte-aux-catholiques-du-quebec-pardon-pour-tout-ce-mal
  19. The Catholic Register
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080829002021/http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/1302/849/
  20. "Quebecers reluctantly accept archbishop's apology"
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebecers-reluctantly-accept-archbishop-s-apology-1.689424
  21. "Surprised by reactions, cardinal insists apology was an 'act of peace'"
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/surprised-by-reactions-cardinal-insists-apology-was-an-act-of-peace-1.665161
  22. Le Devoir
    https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/165242/le-cardinal-ouellet-confesse-certaines-fautes-de-l-eglise
  23. "Québec: Boycott du cours obligatoire d'éthique et de culture religieuse"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120316160728/http://www.zenit.org/article-19949?l=french
  24. CBC News
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cardinal-s-abortion-remarks-anger-politicians-1.890873
  25. St. Albert Gazette
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160304170756/http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/gb/20100526/cp06/305269757/-1/sag08/quebec-roman-catholic-archbishop-defends-controversial-comments-on%26template%3Dcpart
  26. "Quebec archbishop defends comments on abortion"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130218212632/http://www.ctvnews.ca/quebec-archbishop-defends-comments-on-abortion-1.516479
  27. The Holy See
    https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2003/documents/ns_lit_doc_20031021_titoli-diaconie-cardinali_en.html
  28. "Gambling with God: Staking a wager on the next pope"
    https://www.cnn.com/2013/02/28/world/europe/vatican-pope-odds/index.html
  29. National Review Online
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/10/cardinals-watch-fr-raymond-j-de-souza/
  30. Le Canal Nouvelles
    https://web.archive.org/web/20050404102826/http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/lemonde/archives/2005/04/20050402-153018.html
  31. "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.11.2003"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2003/11/24/0592/01835.html
  32. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.09.2005"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/09/08/0458/01081.html
  33. "Rinunce e Nomine, 03.02.2007"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/02/03/0060/00160.html
  34. "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.05.2007"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/05/24/0281/00747.html
  35. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.02.2008"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/02/08/0082/00202.html
  36. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.10.2009"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/10/08/0620/01457.html
  37. "Cardinal Ouellet presents summary of Synod"
    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/14081/cardinal-ouellet-presents-summary-of-synod
  38. National Catholic Reporter
    https://www.ncronline.org/news/synod-opens-plea-spiritual-reading-scripture
  39. Cyberpresse
    http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/dossiers/labeaume-a-rome/201106/29/01-4413760-devenir-pape-serait-un-cauchemar-dit-marc-ouellet.php
  40. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/15/marc-ouellet-pope-prospect
  41. L'Espresso
    http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2019/12/11/conclave-rehearsals-the-next-pope-will-take-his-name-from-sant%e2%80%99egidio/
  42. The Times
    https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/revealed-first-claim-against-cardinal-keith-obrien-8tljwzgxlkn
  43. "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.06.2010"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/06/30/0433/00989.html
  44. National Post
    https://nationalpost.com/holy-post/canadian-cardinal-to-set-tone-for-church
  45. National Catholic Reporter
    https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/essays-theology/time-will-tell-whether-new-vatican-head-yes-man
  46. La Repubblica
    https://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350096bdc4.html?eng=y
  47. "Cardinal Ouellet Warns Against Bible Crisis"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120926115213/http://www.zenit.org/e-31692
  48. "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.10.2010"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/10/16/0622/01408.html
  49. "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2011"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/01/05/0007/00018.html
  50. "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.01.2011"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/01/29/0061/00138.html
  51. "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.04.11"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/04/06/0199/00492.html
  52. "Rinunce e Nomine, 07.03.2012"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/03/07/0138/00319.html
  53. "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.03.2014"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/03/29/0224/00489.html
  54. "Rinunce e Nomine, 09.06.2014"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/06/09/0424/00961.html
  55. Holy See
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/06/26/180626c.html
  56. "Rescriptum ex Audientia Ss.mi"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/06/26/180626c.html
  57. Le Figaro
    https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2018/09/16/97001-20180916FILWWW00010-les-femmes-doivent-participer-a-la-formation-des-pretres-cardinal.php
  58. National Catholic Reporter
    https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/womens-voice-needed-fight-clericalism-macho-culture-cardinal-says
  59. Crux
    https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2019/10/could-the-amazon-synod-be-cardinal-marc-ouellets-last-hurrah/
  60. La Croix Internet
    https://international.la-croix.com/news/religion/number-of-priests-refusing-to-be-bishops-on-the-rise/11478
  61. "Resignations and Appointments, 30.01.2023"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/01/30/230130b.html
  62. "Audiences, 01.04.2023"
    https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/04/01/230401a.html
  63. National Catholic Reporter
    http://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/three-possible-popes
  64. National Post
    https://nationalpost.com/news/new-revelations-in-the-serial-plagiarism-of-a-canadian-priest-extend-to-his-role-as-ghostwriter-for-vatican-figure/
  65. CTV News
    https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/quebec-cardinal-marc-ouellet-accused-of-sexual-assault-1.18383991
  66. CBC News
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lawsuit-against-quebec-diocese-sexual-assault-1.6552456
  67. Catholic News Agency
    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253068/cardinal-ouellet-sues-for-defamation-over-accusations-of-sexual-assault
  68. www.aljazeera.com
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/19/canadian-cardinal-marc-ouellet-denies-sexual-assault-allegations
  69. Présence
    https://presence-info.ca/article/actualite/justice/je-ne-suis-plus-f-je-suis-pamela-groleau-2/
  70. CBC News
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/as-vatican-says-no-grounds-to-investigate-ouellet-questions-raised-over-handling-of-complaint-1.6554961
  71. CTV News
    https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/vatican-shelves-sexual-assault-probe-into-cardinal-marc-ouellet/
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