Antoine Racine (; January 26, 1822 – July 17, 1893) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the 1st Bishop of Sherbrooke from 1874 to 1893. He is buried in the Cathedral in Sherbrooke. Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée (known as St. Charles Seminary in English) was founded by Racine in 1875, the year after he became the first Bishop of Sherbrooke. A degree-granting institution, perhaps its most famous alumnus was

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, who graduated in 1902. He is the namesake of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue parish, also known as St-Antoine-de-Lennoxville.

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* * 1822 births 1893 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Roman Catholic bishops of Sherbrooke {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub