Bishopric of Baker
Bishopric of Baker | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon |
Diocesan bishop | Liam Stephen Cary |
founding | 1903 |
surface | 173,013 km² |
Parishes | 36 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 517,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 36,200 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 7% |
Diocesan priest | 40 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 7 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 770 |
Permanent deacons | 9 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Friars | 9 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 13 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Francis de Sales Cathedral |
Website | www.dioceseofbaker.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
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The Diocese of Baker ( Latin Dioecesis Bakeriensis , English Diocese of Baker ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Oregon in the United States , with its seat in Baker .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Diocese of Baker City on June 19, 1903 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Oregon City , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
It took on its current name on February 16, 1952.
territory
The Diocese of Baker covers the counties Wasco, Klamath, Lake, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Morrow, Grant, Union, Crook, Umatilla, Wallowa, Baker, Harney and Malheur of the State of Oregon.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Baker City
- Charles Joseph O'Reilly (June 25, 1903 - March 20, 1918, then Bishop of Lincoln )
- Joseph Francis McGrath (December 21, 1918 - April 12, 1950)
- Francis Peter Leipzig (July 18, 1950 - February 16, 1952)
Bishops of Baker
- Francis Peter Leipzig (February 16, 1952 - April 26, 1971)
- Thomas Joseph Connolly (May 4, 1971 - November 19, 1999)
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Robert Francis Vasa (November 19, 1999 - January 24, 2011, then Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa, California )
- William Stephen Skylstad (January 24, 2011 - March 8, 2012) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Liam Stephen Cary (since March 8, 2012)
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Baker - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Diocese of Baker on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Baker on Giga-Catholic (English)