Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (; 6 November 1841 – 5 June 1909) was a

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priest and Archbishop of Ottawa. Born in Contrecœur,

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, 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

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. Two municipalities in

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, Duhamel and Duhamel-Ouest, as well as one in Alberta Duhamel, Alberta are named after him.

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* * 1841 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada Roman Catholic archbishops of Ottawa–Cornwall Chancellors of the University of Ottawa University of Ottawa alumni {{Canada-RC-archbishop-stub