Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon
Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Diocesan bishop | Alexander K. Sample |
Auxiliary bishop | Peter Leslie Smith |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | John George Vlazny |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Kenneth Donald Steiner |
founding | 1843 |
surface | 76,937 km² |
Parishes | 124 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 3,448,824 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 431,267 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 12.5% |
Diocesan priest | 174 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 181 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,215 |
Permanent deacons | 77 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 274 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 364 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
address | 2838 E. Burnside St. Portland, OR 97214-1895 |
Website | www.archdpdx.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Baker Diocese of Boise Diocese of Great Falls-Billings Diocese of Helena |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon ( Latin Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregon , English Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon ) is one in the United States located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Portland , Oregon .
history
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon was on December 1, 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI. established from cession of territory by the diocese of Saint Louis as Vicariate Apostolic Oregon . On July 24, 1846, the Vicariate Apostolic Oregon gave parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Vancouver Island and Walla Walla .
The Vicariate Apostolic Oregon was on July 24, 1846 by Pope Pius IX. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Oregon City . On July 29, 1850, the Diocese of Oregon City was by Pius IX. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Oregon City gave up on March 3, 1868 parts of its territory to establish the Vicariate Apostolic Idaho and Montana . Another assignment took place on June 19, 1903 to establish the bishopric of Baker City . On September 26, 1928, the Archdiocese of Oregon City was renamed the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon .
Vicar Apostolic of Oregon
- Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet , 1843-1846
Bishop of Oregon City
- Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet, 1846-1850
Archbishops of Oregon City
- Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet, 1850-1880
- Charles-Jean Seghers , 1880–1884, then Bishop of Vancouver Island
- William Hickley Gross CSsR , 1885–1898
- Alexander Christie , 1899-1925
- Edward Daniel Howard , 1926-1928
Archbishops of Portland, Oregon
- Edward Daniel Howard, 1928–1966
- Robert Joseph Dwyer , 1966–1974
- Cornelius Michael Power , 1974-1986
- William Joseph Levada , 1986–1995, then Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco
- Francis George OMI , 1996–1997, then Archbishop of Chicago
- John George Vlazny , 1997-2013
- Alexander K. Sample , since 2013