Bishop of St. Hyacinthe
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Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe Dioecesis Sancti Hyacinthi Diocése de Saint-Hyacinthe |
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Cathedral of Saint-Hyacinthe the Confessor
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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 François Lapierre |
| Website | |
| diocese-st-hyacinthe.qc.ca | |
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.
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.
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.
(all Roman Rite Canadians)
Coordinates: 45°37′00″N 72°57′00″W / 45.6167°N 72.9500°W
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