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Suffragan diocese Baker, Oregon, United States

Diocese of Baker

Bakerien (sis)

The Diocese of Baker is a Latin Church diocese covering 18 counties of Eastern Oregon, founded in 1903 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. Bishop Thomas R. Hennen was ordained and installed in September 2025.

On the map

Esri
Baker, United States, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1903
Catholics
34,142
Priests
44
Territory
173,013 km²

Parishes and churches

60 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Thomas R. Hennen
Born
21 August 1947
Birthplace
Portland in Oregon

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The cathedral

St. Francis de Sales Cathedral stands in Baker, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Eastern Oregon in the United States is the territory of the Diocese of Baker (Latin: Dioecesis Bakeriensis), a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland. Saint Francis de Sales Cathedral stands in Baker City, though the pastoral offices are in Redmond. The bishop is Thomas J. Hennen.