Joseph-Octave Plessis

His Excellency

Joseph-Octave Plessis
Archbishop of Quebec
Plessis in 1810
DioceseQuebec
InstalledJanuary 17, 1806
Term endedDecember 4, 1825
PredecessorPierre Denaut
SuccessorBernard-Claude Panet
Orders
OrdinationMarch 11, 1786
Personal details
Born(1763-03-03)March 3, 1763
DiedDecember 4, 1825(1825-12-04) (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.