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Archdiocese of Seattle

Archdiocese of Seattle
Archidioecesis Seattlensis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle.svg
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
Map
Archdiocese of Seattle.jpg
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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