Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

History

• 1852.06.08: Established as Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe / Sancti Hyacinthi, 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, which also received territories from the Archdiocese of Québec and the Diocese of Trois Rivières.

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Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

• John Charles Prince, previously Titular Bishop of Martiria as Coadjutor Bishop of Diocese of Montréal
• Joseph La Rocque, previously Titular Bishop of Cydonia as Coadjutor Bishop of above Montréal ; emeritus as Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
• Charles La Rocque
• Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, no other prelature
• Maxime Decelles, succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of Druzipara and Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe
• Alexis-Xyste Bernard, no other prelature
• Fabien-Zoël Decelles, no other prelature
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph-Louis-Aldée Desmarais, Titular Bishop of Ruspæ ; later Bishop of Amos , emeritus as Titular Bishop of Medeli, died 1979
• Arthur Douville, succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe ; emeritus as Titular Bishop of Zattara, died 1986
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Gaston Hains, Titular Bishop of Belesasa ; next Coadjutor Bishop of Amos , succeeding as Bishop of Amos, died 1986
• Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I.
• Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr.
• François Lapierre, P.M.E., previously Superior General of Society of Foreign Missions .
• Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A..

  Coadjutor bishops

• Maxime Decelles
• Arthur Douville

  Auxiliary bishops

• Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais
• Arthur Douville, appointed Coadjutor here
• Gaston Hains, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Amos, Québec
• Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr., appointed Bishop here

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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