Apostolic Vicariate of Oregon
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Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | The Counties West of Wasco, Crook, and Klamath. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portland |
| Metropolitan | Portland, Oregon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 76,937 km2 (29,706 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 3,269,195 415,000 (12.7%) |
| Parishes | 124 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
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| Cathedral | Saint Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
| Secular priests | 158 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Alexander King Sample |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Peter Leslie Smith |
| Vicar General | Peter Leslie Smith |
| Emeritus Bishops | |
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| Website | |
| archdpdx.org | |
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It encompasses the western part of the state of Oregon, from the summit of the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean. The Archbishop of Portland serves as the Ordinary of the archdiocese and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Portland whose suffragan dioceses cover the entire three states of Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The dioceses of the province include Baker (eastern Oregon), Boise (Idaho), Helena (western Montana), and Great Falls-Billings (eastern Montana).
As published in the 2013 "Oregon Catholic Directory," this archdiocese serves 412,725 Catholics (out of more than 3.3 million people). There are 150 diocesan priests, 144 religious priests, 79 permanent deacons, 388 women religious, and 78 religious brothers. The archdiocese has 124 parishes, 22 missions, 1 seminary, 40 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools, and 2 Catholic colleges.
The origins of the Catholic Church in the Oregon Country derive from a July 3, 1834, petition by French Prairie settlers to priests in Canada. In response to this petition, missionary priests, Rev. Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet and Rev. Modeste Demers arrived at Fort Vancouver on November 24, 1838. The first Mass was celebrated on January 6, 1839 at St. Paul.
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