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Metropolitan see Portland, Oregon, United States

Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon

Portlanden(sis) in Oregon

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon is a Latin Church metropolitan see covering western Oregon, erected as a diocese in 1846 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1850, making it one of the oldest in the western United States. Its current archbishop is Alexander K. Sample, appointed in 2013.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, in Portland, United States.

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Established
1846
Catholics
430,700
Priests
158
Territory
76,937 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Alexander K. Sample
Born
7 November 1960
Birthplace
Kalispell

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception stands in Portland, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Established in 1846, the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia) covers western Oregon in the United States and was the second Catholic archdiocese founded in the country, after Baltimore. In 2004, amid a sexual abuse scandal, it became the first archdiocese to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Saint Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland is its mother church, and Alexander Sample serves as archbishop.

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