Back مارك أويليه Arabic مارك اويليه ARZ Marc Ouellet Catalan Marc Ouellet Czech Marc Ouellet Danish Marc Ouellet German Marc Ouellet Spanish Marc Ouellet French Marc Ouellet Croatian Marc Ouellet Hungarian
Marc Ouellet | |
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.jpg) Ouellet in 2012 | |
| Appointed | 30 June 2010 |
| Term ended | 30 January 2023 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Battista Re |
| Successor | Robert Francis Prevost |
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| Ordination | 25 May 1968 by Gaston Hains |
| Consecration | 19 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created cardinal | 21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal Bishop |
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| Born | Marc Armand Ouellet 8 June 1944 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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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Marc Armand Ouellet PSS (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 both 2005 and 2013.
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.