Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

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.

Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi

Diocése de Saint-Hyacinthe
Cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe the Confessor
Location
CountryCanada
Ecclesiastical provinceQuebec
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
380,946
363,804 (95.5%)
Parishes88
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established8 June 1852
CathedralCathedral of Ste. Hyacinthe the Confessor
Secular priests224
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBishop Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A.
Bishops emeritusFrançois Lapierre
Website
diocese-st-hyacinthe.qc.ca

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
  • Fabien-Zoël Decelles (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
  • Arthur Douville (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)
  • Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. (1979.07.18 – retired 1998.04.07)
  • François Lapierre, 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).
  • Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A.(born Belgium) (2017.06.29 – ...).

Coadjutor bishops

Auxiliary bishops
  • Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais (1931-1939)
  • Arthur Douville (1940-1942), appointed Coadjutor here
  • Gaston Hains (1964-1967), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Amos, Québec
  • Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. (1974-1979), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • Raymond Saint-Gelais, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec in 1980

See also
  • 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.

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