His Excellency Joseph-Octave Plessis | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Quebec | |
 Plessis in 1810 | |
| Diocese | Quebec |
| Installed | January 17, 1806 |
| Term ended | December 4, 1825 |
| Predecessor | Pierre Denaut |
| Successor | Bernard-Claude Panet |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 11, 1786 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1763 |
| Died | December 4, 1825 (aged 62) Quebec City, Lower Canada |
Joseph-Octave Plessis (March 3, 1763 – December 4, 1825) was a Canadian Roman Catholic clergyman from Quebec. He was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec after the diocese was elevated to the status of an archdiocese.[1]
Plessis cultivated a new generation of priests during the difficult period leading up to the Lower Canada Rebellion, including Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland, Narcisse-Charles Fortier, Jean-Baptiste Kelly, Thomas Maguire, and Pierre-Antoine Tabeau.
- ^ Wilson & Fiske 1889, p. 40