Notre-Dame d’Ottawa (Nuestra Señora de Ottawa)

Marian Advocation of Ottawa, Ontario
Recognized by the Church

Notre-Dame d’Ottawa (Our Lady of Ottawa) is the Marian title of the basílica-catedral de la arquidiócesis de Ottawa-Cornwall. La parroquia original se erigió en 1832 as a mission of Notre-Dame for the French-speaking Catholics of Bytown (former name of Ottawa), with a first wooden chapel dedicated to the Virgin. The present neo-Gothic temple was built between 1841 y 1865 and was raised to cathedral in 1847 when the diocese of Bytown was created, then Ottawa. In 1879 the towers were completed and in 1990 John Paul II raised it to minor basilica.

Main data

Origin and history

Notre-Dame d’Ottawa (Our Lady of Ottawa) is the Marian title of the basílica-catedral de la arquidiócesis de Ottawa-Cornwall. La parroquia original se erigió en 1832 as a mission of Notre-Dame for the French-speaking Catholics of Bytown (former name of Ottawa), with a first wooden chapel dedicated to the Virgin. The present neo-Gothic temple was built between 1841 y 1865 and was raised to cathedral in 1847 when the diocese of Bytown was created, then Ottawa. In 1879 the towers were completed and in 1990 John Paul II raised it to minor basilica.

The image and the sanctuary

The cathedral, the mother church of the archdiocese, is richly decorated with Marian iconography. One imagen de la Virgen, obra by Philippe Pariseau, presides over the ship from the main altar in the mid-19th century. No consta a canonical coronation of a concrete image in this basilica.

Sponsorship and coronation

The basilica is the main Marian church in Ottawa, under the general title of Notre-Dame. No consta a canonical coronation or a specific civil patronage different from its rank of mother church of the archdiocese.

Party and devotion

The cathedral celebrates the Marian parties of the Roman calendar (Inmaculada, Asunción, etc.). Como titular figura simplemente «Notre-Dame», y no consta an exclusive and own patron party other than general Marian parties. It is recalled as a moment of special grace for the Church of Ottawa the prayer of St. John Paul II to the Virgin during her visit in 1984.

Link to the Rosary

The basilica regularly welcomes Community rosariesespecially in May and October. No consta a co-fraternity of the Rosary canonically linked to the basilica; the link is that of the usual practice of the prayer of the Rosary in the pastoral life of the temple.