Maxime Decelles

Maxime Decelles (30 April 1849 – 7 July 1905) was a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was the 5th Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe.

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 Louis-Zéphirin Moreau made Decelles titular canon of the Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur. He resigned the canonry in 1880 and assumed charge of the church at Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu. In 1889, he was assigned to the larger parish of St. Peter's at Sorel.

The elderly Moreau left external administration and tiring visits to his coadjutor. He died on 24 May 1901 and Decelles succeeded as bishop.