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Diocese of

Baker

USA USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Baker / Bakerien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Portland in Oregon

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (62)

Sacramento (↙), Portland in Oregon (←), Seattle (↖), Yakima (↖), Spokane (↑), Boise City (→), Reno (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.03.08 – ...):Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (75)Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Baker (Roman Rite)

Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (75)Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (75)
(2012.03.08 – ...)

Bishop of Baker (USA)

Veritas vos liberabit

Born:1947.08.21 (Portland, OR, USA)
Ordained Priest:1992.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:2012.05.18

Bishop of Baker (USA) (2012.03.08 – ...)

Bishop William Stephen Skylstad (89)Bishop William Stephen Skylstad (89)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.01.24 – 2012.03.08)

Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (71)Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (71)
(1999.11.19 – 2011.01.24)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Unless a grain of wheat

Born:1951.05.07 (Lincoln, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:1976.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:2000.01.26

Bishop of Baker (USA) (1999.11.19 – 2011.01.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2011.01.24 – 2011.06.30)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2011.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Connolly
(1971.05.04 – 1999.11.19)

I am spent and will be spent for you

Born:1922.07.18 (Tonopah, NV, USA)
Ordained Priest:1947.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1971.06.30
Died:2015.04.24 († 92)

Bishop of Baker (USA) (1971.05.04 – 1999.11.19)

Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig
(1952.02.16 – 1971.04.26)

Born:1895.06.29 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1920.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:1950.09.12
Died:1981.01.17 († 85)

Bishop of Baker City (USA) (1950.07.18 – 1952.02.16)

Bishop of Baker (USA) (1952.02.16 – 1971.04.26)

Bishops of Baker City (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig
(1950.07.18 – 1952.02.16)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath
(1918.12.21 – 1950.04.12)

Born:1871.03.03 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1895.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1919.03.25
Died:1950.04.12 († 79)

Bishop of Baker City (USA) (1918.12.21 – 1950.04.12)

Bishop Charles Joseph O’Reilly
(1903.06.25 – 1918.03.20)

Born:1860.01.04 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1890.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1903.08.25
Died:1923.02.04 († 63)

Bishop of Baker City (USA) (1903.06.25 – 1918.03.20)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1918.03.20 – 1923.02.04)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 911 S.E. Armour St., P.O. Box 5999, Bend, OR 97708, USA

Phone: +1 (541) 388-4004

Website:

Statistics

Area: 173,013 km²

Population: 31,957 Catholics (5.7% of 555,960 total) (2020)

Statistics: 36 parishes, 21 missions, 37 priests (27 diocesan, 10 religious), 9 deacons, 21 lay religious (11 brothers, 10 sisters), 4 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales (January 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 24

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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