Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe is a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke in Quebec, (predominantly francophone) Canada.
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Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi Diocése de Saint-Hyacinthe | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Quebec |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | 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 Christian Rodembourg, M.S.A. |
Bishops emeritus | François Lapierre |
Website | |
diocese-st-hyacinthe.qc.ca |
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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.