Past Presidents
(1848-1861)
Le Collège de Bytown / The College of Bytown
1848-1849 Édouard Chevalier, o.m.i.
1849-1850 Jean-François Allard, o.m.i.
1850-1851 Napoléon Mignault, o.m.i.
1851-1853 Augustin Gaudet, o.m.i.
1853-1861 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
(1861-1889)
Collège d'Ottawa / College of Ottawa
1861-1864 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
1864-1867 Timothy Ryan, OMI
1867-1874 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
1874-1877 Antoine Paillier, o.m.i.
1877-1886 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
1886 Philémon Provost, o.m.i.
1886-1887 Antoine Paillier, o.m.i.
1887-1889 Jean-Marie Fayard, o.m.i.
(1889-1965)
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
1889-1898* James McGuckin, OMI
1898-1901 Henri-Antoine Constantineau, o.m.i.
1901-1905 Joseph-Édouard Émery, o.m.i.
1905-1911 William Murphy, OMI
1911-1914 Adrien-Bruno Roy, o.m.i.
1914-1915 Henri Gervais, o.m.i.
1915-1921 Louis Rhéaume, o.m.i.
1921-1927 François-Xavier Marcotte, o.m.i.
1927-1930 Uldéric Robert, o.m.i.
1930-1936 Gilles Marchand, o.m.i.
1936-1942 Joseph Hébert, o.m.i.
1942-1946 Philippe Cornellier, o.m.i.
1946-1952 Jean-Charles LaFramboise, o.m.i.
1952-1958 Rodrigue Normandin, o.m.i.
1958-1964 Henri-F. Légaré, o.m.i.
1964-1965 Roger Guindon, o.m.i.
(1965- )
Université d'Ottawa (nouvelle structure) / University of Ottawa (reorganized)
1965-1984 Roger Guindon, o.m.i.
1984-1990 Antoine D'Iorio
1990-2001 Marcel Hamelin
2001- 2008 Gilles G. Patry
* The title "Rector" was first used in 1889, the year the University received a pontifical charter. Heads of the College in earlier years used the term "superior". In 2004, the English title "Rector" was replaced with "President".