Archdiocese of Seattle

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Archdiocese of Seattle
Archdiocese of Seattle map
Basic data
Country United States
Diocesan bishop Paul Dennis Etienne
Auxiliary bishop Eusebio Elizondo Almaguer MSpS
Daniel Mueggenborg
Emeritus diocesan bishop James Peter Sartain
founding 1850
surface 64,269 km²
Parishes 145 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Residents 5,610,840 ( 12/31/2017 / AP2018 )
Catholics 856,000 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 )
proportion of 15.3%
Diocesan priest 196 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 )
Religious priest 96 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Catholics per priest 2,932
Permanent deacons 117 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Friars 115 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Religious sisters 322 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral St. James Cathedral
Website www.seattlearchdiocese.org
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Spokane
Diocese of Yakima
Ecclesiastical province
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle ( lat. : Archidioecesis Seattlensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Seattle , Washington .

history

St. James Cathedral in Seattle

The Archdiocese of Seattle was on May 31, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. built from cession of territory by the Diocese of Walla Walla as the Diocese of Nesqually and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon as a suffragan . On September 11, 1907, the Diocese of Nesqually was renamed the Diocese of Seattle . The Diocese of Seattle gave on December 17, 1913 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Spokane . Another assignment of territory took place on June 23, 1951 to establish the diocese of Yakima .

On June 23, 1951, the Diocese of Seattle was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Dominici gregis raised to the archbishopric.

territory

The Archdiocese of Seattle covers the western part of the state of Washington .

Bishops of Nesqually

Bishops of Seattle

Archbishops of Seattle

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Dominici gregis , AAS 43 (1951), n.15, pp. 714ff.