Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (August 10, 1865-May 22, 1940) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the Archbishop of Ottawa.

Forbes was born on August 10, 1865, probably in Île Perrot, Lower Canada.

He was the second of 16 children, and in 1869 moved to Montreal with his family.

He did his theological training at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal and was ordained a priest by Édouard-Charles Fabre in 1888.

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