Alexander K. Sample
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The Most Reverend Alexander King Sample |
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| Archbishop of Portland in Oregon | |
| Archdiocese | Portland in Oregon |
| Appointed | January 29, 2013 |
| Installed | April 2, 2013 |
| Predecessor | John George Vlazny |
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| Ordination | June 1, 1990 by Mark Schmitt |
| Consecration | January 25, 2006 by Adam Maida, James Henry Garland, and Mark Schmitt |
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| Born |
November 7, 1960 Kalispell, Montana |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Bishop of Marquette (2006-2013) |
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| Motto |
VULTUM CHRISTI CONTEMPLARI (English: "To contemplate the face of Christ") |
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Styles of Alexander King Sample |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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Ordination history of
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Mark Schmitt |
| Date of ordination | June 1, 1990 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Consecrated by | Adam Maida |
| Date of consecration | January 25, 2006 |
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Bishops consecrated by Alexander King Sample as principal consecrator
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| Peter Leslie Smith | April 29, 2014 |
Alexander King Sample (born November 7, 1960) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the eleventh and current Archbishop of Portland, Oregon, having served previously as the twelfth Bishop of Marquette, Michigan.
Alexander King Sample was born in Kalispell, Montana, to Alexander and Joyce (née Dory) Sample (d. 2017), his father was of Scottish heritage and his mother Polish. He graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1978. He attended Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982 and a Master of Science degree in metallurgical engineering in 1984.
Interested in becoming a priest since the fourth grade, he decided to study for the priesthood after graduating from MTU, saying, "I knew I would never know peace until I explored the vocation to be a priest." He graduated in 1986 from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then entered the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.
Sample was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Marquette by Bishop Mark Schmitt on June 1, 1990. He was parochial vicar at the parish of St. Peter Cathedral from 1990 to 1993, and then served as pastor of St. George Parish in Bark River, St. Michael Parish in Perronville, and Sacred Heart Parish in Schaffer (all of which were consolidated into St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in 1995).
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