John Stephen Michaud (November 24, 1843 – December 22, 1908) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] He attended a school run by Reverend Jeremiah O'Callaghan, the first resident priest of Vermont, and served as an altar boy to Bishop Louis De Goesbriand.

Returning to the United States, Michaud attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1870.

[3] He received his episcopal consecration on June 29, 1892, from Archbishop John Williams, with Bishops Denis Bradley and Henry Gabriels serving as co-consecrators.

[3] During his tenure, Michaud completed the Cathedral Church, built the Fanny Allen Hospital in Burlington and staffed it with the Religious Hospitalers of St.

In 1905, the Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus came to Newport, where they opened a mission to serve as teachers, nurses and catechists for the Northeast Kingdom region of the state.