Prendergast appointed Archbishop of Canadian Capital City
Archbishop Prendergast
Halifax, Canada, May 14, 2007 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Hailfax’s Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast S.J. as the new metropolitan archbishop of Canada’s capital of Ottawa.
Archbishop Prendergast will now become shepherd to some 411,000 Canadian Catholics. He succeeds outgoing Archbishop Marcel Andre J. Gervais who resigned his position after having reached the Church’s required retirement age of 75.
* The number of messages that can be online is limited. CNA reserves the right to edit messages for content and tone. Comments and opinions expressed by users do not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of CNA. CNA will not publish comments with abusive language, insults or links to other pages
