Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker

The Diocese of Baker (Latin: Dioecesis Bakeriensis) is a territorial division, or diocese, of the Roman Catholic Church in Eastern Oregon, United States. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Portland.

Diocese of Baker

Dioecesis Bakeriensis
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Baker
Location
Country United States
Territory18 counties in Eastern Oregon
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Portland
Statistics
Area173,013 km2 (66,801 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2012)
509,474
34,142[1] (6.7%)
Parishes31
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJune 19, 1903
CathedralSt. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Patron saintSt. Francis de Sales
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLiam Stephen Cary
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlexander King Sample
Map
Website
dioceseofbaker.org

While the cathedral, Saint Francis de Sales Cathedral, is in the small city of Baker City, the pastoral offices are located in Bend, the largest city in Oregon outside the Willamette Valley.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker "includes almost 67,000 square miles in Oregon and has a population of 526,760 people, of whom 34,375, or seven percent, are Catholic".[2]

History

The "Diocese of Baker City" was established on June 19, 1903, and renamed "Diocese of Baker" on February 16, 1952.

Territory

The diocese consists of the counties of Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler in Eastern Oregon.

Bishops

Bishops of Baker City

  1. Charles Joseph O'Reilly (1903-1918)
  2. Joseph Francis McGrath (1918-1950)
    - Leo Fabian Fahey (coadjutor bishop 1948–1950), died before succession
  3. Francis Peter Leipzig (1950-1952), title changed with title of diocese

Bishops of Baker

  1. Francis Peter Leipzig (1952-1971)
  2. Thomas Joseph Connolly (1971-1999)
  3. Robert F. Vasa (2000-2011), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California
  4. Liam Cary (2012–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became a bishop

See also

References

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