Diocese of Portland
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Boston |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert Deeley |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph John Gerry OSB |
| founding | 1853 |
| surface | 85,541 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,418,942 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 212.992 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 15% |
| Diocesan priest | 125 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,357 |
| Permanent deacons | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 210 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| address | 510 Ocean Ave. Portland ME 04104-7559 |
| Website | www.portlanddiocese.net |
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That in the United States located Diocese of Portland ( Latin Dioecesis Portlandensis , English Diocese of Portland ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church . It was on July 29, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. Detached from areas of the Boston diocese and founded as an independent diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Baltimore . It covers the state of Maine and is based in Portland .
Bishops of Portland
- David William Bacon (1855-1874)
- James Augustine Healy (1875-1900)
- William Henry O'Connell (1901–1906, then coadjutor of the Archbishop of Boston )
- Louis Sebastian Walsh (1906-1924)
- John Gregory Murray (1925–1931, then Archbishop of Saint Paul )
- Joseph Edward McCarthy (1932–1955)
- Daniel Joseph Feeney (1955–1969)
- Peter Leo Gerety (1969–1974, then Archbishop of Newark )
- Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1974–1988)
- Joseph John Gerry OSB (1988-2004)
- Richard Malone (2004–2012, then Bishop of Buffalo )
- Robert Deeley (since 2013)
See also
literature
- Vincent A. Lapomarda: The Catholic Church in the Land of the Holy Cross: A History of the Diocese of Portland, Maine . Les Éditions du Signe, Strasbourg 2003, ISBN 978-2-7468-1211-6 .
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Portland on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Portland (English)
Cathedral Immaculate Conception in Portland