Titular Metropolitan See of Oregon City, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Metropolitan See

Name: Oregon City (English) / Oregonopolitan(us) (Latin)

Location: Oregon, USA

History

1843.12.01: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Oregon (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore and Archdiocese of Québec)
1846.07.24: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oregon City (English) / Oregonopolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Vancouver Island and Walla Walla and lost territory to establish Diocese of Vancouver Island and Diocese of Walla Walla)
1850.05.31: Gained suffragan see Nesqually
1853.07.29: Lost suffragan see Walla Walla
1868.03.03: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Idaho and Montana
1884.03.07: Gained suffragan see Helena
1893.08.25: Gained suffragan see Boise City
1894: Gained territory from Diocese of Vancouver Island
1903.06.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Baker City, lost suffragan see Vancouver Island and gained suffragan see Baker City
1904.05.18: Gained suffragan see Great Falls
1907.09.11: Lost suffragan see Nesqually and gained suffragan see Seattle
1913.12.17: Gained suffragan see Spokane
1928.09.26: Suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon)
1996: Restored as Titular Metropolitan See of Oregon City (English) / Oregonopolitan(us) (Latin)

Titular Archbishop

Titular Archbishop (2009.06.16 – ...):

Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. (80)

Adjunct Secretary emeritus of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Past Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Oregon City (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Edward Daniel Howard
(1926.04.30 – 1928.09.26)

In sanctitate et justitia

Born:	1877.11.05 (Cresco, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1906.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.04.08
Died:	1983.01.02 (Beaverton, OR, USA † 105)

Priest of Dubuque (USA) (1906.06.12 – 1923.12.23)

Titular Bishop of Isauropolis (1923.12.23 – 1926.04.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1923.12.23 – 1926.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (1926.04.30 – 1928.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1928.09.26 – 1966.12.09)

Titular Archbishop of Albulæ (1966.12.09 – 1983.01.02)

Archbishop Alexander Christie
(1899.03.04 – 1925.04.06)

In fide et lenitate

Born:	1848.01.02 (Highgate, VT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1877.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.06.29
Died:	1925.04.06 (Portland, OR, USA † 77)

Priest of Saint Paul (USA) (1877.12.22 – 1898.03.26)

Bishop of Vancouver Island (Canada) (1898.03.26 – 1899.03.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (1899.03.04 – 1925.04.06)

Archbishop William Hickley Gross, C.SS.R.
(1885.02.01 – 1898.11.14)

Lumen æternum mundo effudit

Born:	1837.06.12 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1863.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.04.27
Died:	1898.11.14 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 61)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1873.02.14 – 1885.02.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (1885.02.01 – 1898.11.14)

Archbishop Charles-Jean Seghers
(1880.12.18 – 1884.03.09)

Omnia sperat

Born:	1839.12.26 (Ghent, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1863.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.06.29
Died:	1886.11.28 (Nulato, AK, USA † 46)

Priest of Vancouver Island (Canada) (1863.05.31 – 1873.03.11)

Bishop of Vancouver Island (Canada) (1873.03.11 – 1878.09.18)

Titular Bishop of Canea (1878.07.23 – 1878.09.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Oregon City (1878.09.18 – 1880.12.18)

Titular Archbishop of Hemesa (1878.09.28 – 1880.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (1880.12.18 – 1884.03.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of Vancouver Island (Canada) (1884.03.09 – 1886.11.28)

Archbishop Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet
(1846.07.24 – 1880.12.12)

O crux ave spes unica

Born:	1795.09.03 (Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivièredu-Sud, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1819.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1845.07.25
Died:	1883.06.18 (Portland, OR, USA † 87)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1819.07.18 – 1843.12.01)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia (1843.12.01 – 1844.05.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Oregon (1843.12.01 – 1846.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Draso (1844.05.07 – 1846.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (1846.07.24 – 1880.12.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Walla Walla (1850.05.31 – 1853.07.29)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1881.01.26 – 1883.06.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Oregon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet (later Archbishop)
(1843.12.01 – 1846.07.24)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Charles-Jean Seghers (1878.09.18 – 1880.12.18)