Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi Diocése de Saint-Hyacinthe
Cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe the Confessor
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Quebec
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	380,946 363,804 (95.5%)
Parishes	88
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 June 1852
Cathedral	Cathedral of Ste. Hyacinthe the Confessor
Secular priests	224
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Bishop , M.S.A.
Bishops emeritus	François Lapierre
Website
diocese-st-hyacinthe.qc.ca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi) (erected 8 June 1852) is a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke in Quebec, (predominantly francophone) Canada.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, dedicated to diocesan patron saint Hyacinth the Confessor (of Poland), in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
There is also a decommissioned former Cathedral: now Église Saint-Matthieu, dedicated to the Evangelist Matthew, in Beloeil, Quebec.

History[]

• 1852.06.08: Established as Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe / Sancti Hyacinthi (Latin), on territories split off from the then Diocese of Montréal and from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec.
• Lost territory on 1874.08.28 to establish the then Diocese of Sherbrooke (now its Metropolitan), which also received territories from the Archdiocese of Québec and the Diocese of Trois Rivières.

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 387,000 Catholics (94.9% of 407,600 total) on 3,448 km² in 87 parishes with 195 priests (92 diocesan, 103 religious), 28 deacons, 783 lay religious (233 brothers, 550 sisters) and 1 seminarian.

Bishops[]

Episcopal ordinaries[]

(all Roman Rite Canadians)

Suffragan Bishops of Saint-Hyacinthe

• John Charles Prince (1852.06.08 – death 1860.05.05), previously Titular Bishop of Martiria (1844.07.05 – 1852.06.08) as Coadjutor Bishop of Diocese of Montréal (Quebec, Canada) (1844.07.05 – 1852.06.08)
• Joseph La Rocque (1860.06.22 – 1866.02.04), previously Titular Bishop of Cydonia (1852.07.06 – 1860.06.22) as Coadjutor Bishop of above Montréal (Canada) (1852.07.06 – 1860.06.22); emeritus as Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1867.01.15 – death 1887.11.18)
• Charles La Rocque (1866.03.20 – death 1875.07.25)
• Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1875.11.19 – death 1901.05.24), no other prelature
• Maxime Decelles (1901.05.24 – death 1905.07.07), succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of Druzipara (1893.01.14 – 1901.05.24) and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (1893.01.14 – 1901.05.24)
• Alexis-Xyste Bernard (1905.12.16 – death 1923.06.17), no other prelature
• (1924.03.24 – death 1942.11.27), no other prelature
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais (1931.01.30 – 1939.06.22), Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1931.01.30 – 1939.06.22); later Bishop of Amos (Canada) (1939.06.22 – retired 1968.10.31), emeritus as Titular Bishop of Medeli (1968.10.31 – resigned 1970.12.08), died 1979
• (1942.11.27 – retired 1967.06.13), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Vita (1939.11.30 – 1942.11.27) and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (1939.11.30 – 1942.03), Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (1942.03 – 1942.11.27); emeritus as Titular Bishop of Zattara (1967.06.13 – resigned 1970.11.26), died 1986
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Gaston Hains (1964.08.28 – 1967.06.13), Titular Bishop of Belesasa (1964.08.28 – 1968.10.31); next Coadjutor Bishop of Amos (Canada) (1967.06.13 – 1968.10.31), succeeding as Bishop of Amos (1968.10.31 – resigned 1978.04.19), died 1986

BIOS TO ELABORATE

• Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. (1967.06.13 – retired 1979.07.18)
• , M. Afr. (1979.07.18 – retired 1998.04.07)
• , P.M.E. (7 April 1998 - 29 June 2017), previously Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions (P.M.E.) (1991.05.28 – 1998.04.07).
• , (born Belgium) (2017.06.29 – ...).

Coadjutor bishops[]

• Maxime Decelles (1893-1901)
• (1942)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• (1931-1939)
• (1940-1942), appointed Coadjutor here
• (1964-1967), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Amos, Québec
• , M. Afr. (1974-1979), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1980

See also[]

• List of Catholic dioceses in Canada

Sources and external links[]

• GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections
• Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe site (in French)
• "Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-15.

Coordinates: 45°37′00″N 72°57′00″W / 45.6167°N 72.9500°W / 45.6167; -72.9500