Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | The counties west of Wasco, Deschutes, and Klamath. |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portland |
Statistics | |
Area | 76,937 km2 (29,706 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 3,448,824 431,267[1] (12.5%) |
Parishes | 124 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established |
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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 |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
Website | |
archdpdx.org |
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western Oregon in the United States.
Established in 1846, it was the second Catholic archdiocese established in the United States after the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In 2004, during a sexual abuse scandal, it became the first archdiocese to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The mother church of the archdiocese is St. Mary's cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. As of 2023, the archbishop of Portland is Alexander Sample.