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Founded

• 1 December 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI as the Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory

Elevated

• 24 July 1846 by Pope Blessed Pius IX to the Diocese of Oregon City
• 29 July 1850 by Pope Blessed Pius IX to the Archdiocese of Oregon City

Suffragans

• Diocese of Boise City, Idaho

Bishops

• Archbishop Alexander King Sample
• Cardinal William Joseph Levada

• Archbishop Alexander King Sample
• Cardinal William Joseph Levada

Additional Information

• Archdiocese of Portland
• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Google Maps
• Patron Saints of the Archdiocese

Notes

Name changed to the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon on 26 September 1928.

MLA Citation

• “Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon”. Gazetteer of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 June 2012. Web. 8 August 2020. <http://catholicsaints.info/archdiocese-of-portland-oregon/>