Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker

Diocese of Baker

Dioecesis Bakeriensis
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Baker
Location
Country United States
Territory18 counties in Eastern Oregon
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Portland
Statistics
Area173,013 km2 (66,801 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
509,474
34,142[1] (6.7%)
Parishes31
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJune 19, 1903
CathedralSt. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Patron saintSt. Francis de Sales
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLiam Stephen Cary
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlexander King Sample
Map
Website
dioceseofbaker.org

The Diocese of Baker (Latin: Dioecesis Bakeriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Eastern Oregon in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland.

While Saint Francis de Sales Cathedral is located in Baker City, the pastoral offices are in Redmond. The 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".[2]

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  2. ^ "Pope Names Portland Archdiocese Priest Bishop Of Baker, Oregon | USCCB". www.usccb.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.