Antoine Racine | |
Bishop Of: | Sherbrooke |
Archdiocese: | Sherbrooke |
Enthroned: | September 1, 1874 |
Ended: | July 17, 1893 |
Predecessor: | Diocese erected on August 28, 1874 |
Successor: | Paul LaRocque |
Ordination: | September 12, 1844 |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1822 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Ambroise (Loretteville), Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
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.[1] A degree-granting institution, perhaps its most famous alumnus was Prime Minister of Canada Louis St. Laurent, who graduated in 1902.
He is the namesake of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue parish, also known as St-Antoine-de-Lennoxville.[2]