Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker


The Diocese of Baker 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".

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
  2. Joseph Francis McGrath
  3. Francis Peter Leipzig

    Bishops of Baker

  4. Francis Peter Leipzig
  5. Thomas Joseph Connolly
  6. Robert F. Vasa, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California
  7. Liam Cary

    Coadjutor Bishop