Diocese of Baker Dioecesis Bakeriensis | |
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.jpg')) St. Francis de Sales Cathedral | |
) Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Baker | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | 18 counties in Eastern Oregon |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portland |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 173,013 km2 (66,801 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2012) 509,474 34,142[1] (6.7%) |
| Parishes | 31 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | June 19, 1903 |
| Cathedral | St. Francis de Sales Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Francis de Sales |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Liam Stephen Cary |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alexander King Sample |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofbaker.org | |
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.
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
- Charles Joseph O'Reilly (1903-1918)
- Joseph Francis McGrath (1918-1950)
- Leo Fabian Fahey (coadjutor bishop 1948–1950), died before succession - Francis Peter Leipzig (1950-1952), title changed with title of diocese
Bishops of Baker
- Francis Peter Leipzig (1952-1971)
- Thomas Joseph Connolly (1971-1999)
- Robert F. Vasa (2000-2011), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California
- Liam Cary (2012–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became a bishop
- Elden Francis Curtiss, appointed Bishop of Helena in 1976 and later Archbishop of Omaha
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of Portland in Oregon
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
External links
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker Official Site
- New Advent.org - Diocese of Baker City