Maxime Decelles (30 April 1849 – 7 July 1905) was a

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bishop. He was the 5th Bishop of

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Life

Maxime Decelles was born in Saint-Damase-sur-Yamaska, Saint-Hyacinthe county, April 30, 1849 to François and Apolline Coderre-Lacaillade Decelles. He was educated at Saint-Hyacinthe Seminary and ordained at Iberville July 21, 1872 by Bishop Charles La Rocque. He was first assigned to Saint-Denis, and then Beloeil. In 1875, Bishop

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made Decelles titular canon of the Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur. He resigned the canonry in 1880 and assumed charge of the church at

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. In 1889, he was assigned to the larger parish of St. Peter's at Sorel. Decelles was appointed coadjutor to Moreau and consecrated titular bishop of Druzipara on 9 March 1893. He continued as pastor at St. Peter's, and in 1898, on the Feast of St. Anne (July 26), led a pilgrimage by steamer from Sorel to the shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. The elderly Moreau left external administration and tiring visits to his coadjutor. He died on 24 May 1901 and Decelles succeeded as bishop.Choquette, Charles. "Saint Hyacinthe." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 23 February 2023

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