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Suffragan diocese Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada

Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

Sancti Hyacinthi

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.

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Established
1852
Catholics
363,804
Priests
224
Territory
3,448 km²

Parishes and churches

91 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Christian Rodembourg
Born
26 August 1959
Birthplace
Bruxelles
Institute
SOCIETÀ CLERICALE DEI MISSIONARI DEI SANTI APOSTOLI (M.S.A.)

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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.

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.

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