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.