Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe
Sancti Hyacinthi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
The Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe is a Latin rite see in a predominantly francophone region of Quebec, erected in 1852. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 June 1852
- Latin
- Sancti Hyacinthi
- Patron
- Hyacinth the Confessor
- Annuario code
- 001002813
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 363,804
- Population
- 380,946
- Catholic share
- 95.5%
- Priests
- 224
- Catholics per priest
- 1,624
- Extent
- 3,448 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 106
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Christian Rodembourg
- Born
- 26 August 1959
- Birthplace
- Bruxelles
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ CLERICALE DEI MISSIONARI DEI SANTI APOSTOLI (M.S.A.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur stands in Saint-Hyacinthe, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Eglise Saint-Matthieu, Beloeil.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Sherbrooke
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sherbrooke.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of NicoletNicolet
- Archdiocese of SherbrookeSherbrooke
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sherbrooke in predominantly francophone Quebec, the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe has its episcopal seat at the Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur in Saint-Hyacinthe, dedicated to the diocesan patron, Hyacinth the Confessor of Poland. A former cathedral survives in Beloeil, Quebec: the decommissioned Église Saint-Matthieu, dedicated to the Evangelist Matthew.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].