Archdiocese of Seattle
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Archdiocese of Seattle Archidioecesis Seattlensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Western Washington |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Seattle |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 64,269 km2 (24,814 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2016) 5,501,540 863,000 (15.7%) |
| Parishes | 144 |
| Churches | 183 |
| Schools | 75 |
| Members | 972,000 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 31, 1850 (as Diocese of Nesqually) Elevated to Archdiocese June 23, 1951 |
| Cathedral | St. James Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. James the Greater |
| Secular priests | 115 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | J. Peter Sartain |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer Daniel Henry Mueggenborg |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Raymond Hunthausen Alexander Joseph Brunett |
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| Website | |
| seattlearchdiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church, in the U.S. state of Washington. Headquartered in Seattle, the archdiocese encompasses all counties in the state west of the Cascade Range.
Its present archbishop is J. Peter Sartain.
Its cathedral of the archiepiscopal see is St. James Cathedral in Seattle, and the former cathedral is the Proto-cathedral of St. James the Greater, in Vancouver, Washington.
The archdiocese succeeded to the Diocese of Nesqually headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, established in 1850 as a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Oregon City. In 1903, the episcopal see was moved to Seattle, and the diocese's name was changed to Diocese of Seattle in 1907. The diocese was elevated to Metropolitan archdiocesan status in 1951.
The Archbishop of Seattle concurrently is the Metropolitan Archbishop of two suffragan daughter dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Province of Seattle, which together cover the entire state of Washington :
As per 2014 it pastorally served 997,000 Catholics (18.6% of 5,350,045 total) on 64,269 km² in 147 parishes with 298 priests (204 diocesan, 94 religious), 116 deacons, 476 lay religious (109 brothers, 367 sisters) and 30 seminarians.
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