Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker

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.

Diocese of Baker Dioecesis Bakeriensis
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Location
Country	United States
Territory	18 counties in Eastern Oregon
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Portland
Statistics
Area	173,013 km^2 (66,801 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(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
Website
dioceseofbaker.org

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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Baker City

1. Charles Joseph O'Reilly (1903-1918)
2. Joseph Francis McGrath (1918-1950)
3. Francis Peter Leipzig (1950-1952 see below)

Bishops of Baker

1. Francis Peter Leipzig (see above 1952-1971)
2. Thomas Joseph Connolly (1971-1999)
3. Robert F. Vasa (2000-2011), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California
4. Liam Cary (2012–present)

Coadjutor Bishop

• Leo Fabian Fahey (1948–1950)

Other priest of this diocese who became 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

1. Catholic Hierarchy
2. Statistics

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker Official Site
• New Advent.org - Diocese of Baker City