Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia | |
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Alexander King Sample | |
Auxiliary Bishops | Peter Leslie Smith |
Vicar General | Peter Leslie Smith |
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archdpdx.org |
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Archidioecesis Portlandensis in Oregonia) is a Latin Church
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.
Statistics
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon has the following suffragan dioceses:
- Diocese of Baker in Oregon
- Diocese of Boise in Idaho
- Diocese of Helena in Montana
- Diocese of Great Falls-Billingsin Montana
As published in the 2013 "Oregon Catholic Directory,"[citation needed] the archdiocese served 412,725 Catholics (out of more than 3.3 million people). There were 150 diocesan priests, 144 religious priests, 79 permanent deacons, 388 women religious, and 78 religious brothers. The archdiocese had 124 parishes, 22 missions, one seminary, 40 elementary schools, ten secondary schools, and two Catholic colleges.
History
1810 to 1846
When the American
In 1836, Lucier and 15 other Catholic settlers petitioned Bishop
In 1843, the
1846 to 1885
In 1846, the Vatican elevated the vicariate apostolic to the Archdiocese of Oregon City, designating the
In 1853, the first Catholic church in Salem, St. Joseph's, was founded.[8] The Vatican in 1868 erected the Vicariate Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, taking those territories from the Archdiocese of Oregon City.[6] In 1870, the Catholic Sentinel was founded as the official newspaper of the archdiocese.
Pope Leo XIII in 1878 named Bishop
1885 to 1928
To replace Seghers in Oregon City, Leo XiII appointed Bishop
The next archbishop of Oregon City was Bishop Alexander Christie of Vancouver Island, named by Leo XIII.[13] In 1901, Christie, using financing from the Congregation of Holy Cross purchased the former campus of Portland University, a Methodist institution. He was able to purchase the campus itself in trade for a couple of properties owned by archdiocese in Portland and $1.[14] Christie reopened the school as Columbia University, which is today the University of Portland.[15][16]
In 1903, at Christie's request, the Vatican erected the
1928 to 1974
On September 26, 1928, the Vatican renamed the Archdiocese of Oregon City as the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon because Portland had become the larger of the two cities.
In 1931, Howard led a successful campaign to repeal local zoning ordinances that prohibited the building of churches and parochial schools.[21] He convened the Fourth Provincial Council of the archdiocese in 1932, and held a synod for the clergy in 1935.[21] In 1939, he founded Central Catholic High School in Portland.[22] He convened the Fifth Provincial Council of the archdiocese in 1957.[21] Howard retired in 1966 after 38 years as bishop. Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Robert Dwyer from the Diocese of Reno as the second archbishop of Portland in Oregon in 1966. Dwyer retired in 1974 due to poor health.[23] To replace Dwyer, Paul VI named Bishop Cornelius Power of Yakima in 1974.[24]
1974 to present
During his tenure in
Auxiliary Bishop
On January 29, 2013, Bishop Alexander Sample was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the new Archbishop of Portland, succeeding John George Vlazny, whose resignation was accepted at the same time.[27]
Bankruptcy
The
Clergy sexual abuse settlements
In April 2007, the archdiocese announced a settlement had been reached and the bankruptcy court had approved a financial plan of reorganization.[32] $71.45 million was paid to 169 victims, averaging $342,000 each; this is the 8th largest Roman Catholic clergy sexual abuse settlements in the history of the U.S. Diocesan bankruptcy filings list 11 priests as perpetrators.[33]
In March 2011, the Oregon Jesuit Province agreed to pay $166.1 million in damages to nearly 500 sex abuse victims.[34]
On August 6, 2016, World Spark, a retirement home provider run by Portland priest Michael Maslowsky, was forced to surrender documents showing that there had been numerous complaints of sex abuse against vulnerable residents at World Spark's St. Anthony Village elderly home, including some with dementia, between 2009 and 2016.[35] By order, the documents were given to a plaintiff from a lawsuit which began in 2014.[35] On October 1, 2018, it was revealed that Pope Francis had defrocked Maslowsky on June 4, 2018.[36]
In 2018, Sample acknowledged the history of sex abuse in the archdiocese which he described as an "institutional and spiritual" failure,[37] and issued an apology.[37] At the same time, it was reported that more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits were settled prior to the 2004 bankruptcy.[37] More settlements were later issued in August 2019 when the Archdiocese of Portland agreed to pay nearly $4 million to eight men who claimed they were sexually abused by Pius Brazaukus in the 1970s and the 1980s.[38][39]
Bishops
Apostolic Vicar of Oregon Country
Bishop of Oregon City
François Norbert Blanchet (1846-1850), elevated to Archbishop
Archbishops of Oregon City
- François Norbert Blanchet (1850-1880)
- Charles John Seghers (1880-1884)
- William Hickley Gross (1885-1898)
- Alexander Christie (1899-1925)
- Edward D. Howard (1926-1928), title changed with title of archdiocese
Archbishops of Portland in Oregon
- Edward D. Howard (1928-1966)
- Robert Dwyer (1966-1974)
- Cornelius M. Power(1974-1986)
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (elevated to Cardinalin 2006)
- Archbishop of Chicago (Cardinalin 1998)
- John G. Vlazny(1997-2013)
- Alexander K. Sample(2013–present)
Current auxiliary bishop
Peter Leslie Smith (2014–present)
Former auxiliary bishops
- Paul Edward Waldschmidt (1977-1990)
- Kenneth Steiner (1977-2011)
Other diocesan priests who became bishops
- Edward John O'Dea, appointed Bishop of Nesqually in 1896
- Charles Joseph O'Reilly, appointed Bishop of Baker City in 1903 and later Bishop of Lincoln
- Bishop of Great Fallsin 1930
- Francis Peter Leipzig, appointed Bishop of Baker City in 1950
- Liam S. Cary, appointed Bishop of Baker in 2012
High schools
- Blanchet Catholic School – Salem
- Central Catholic High School – Portland
- De La Salle North Catholic High School – Portland
- Jesuit High School – Portland
- La Salle High School – Milwaukie
- Marist Catholic High School – Eugene
- Regis High School– Stayton
- St. Mary's Academy – Portland
- St. Mary's High School – Medford
- Valley Catholic School – Beaverton
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of Portland in Oregon
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses(by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)(including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)(including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic religious communities in Oregon
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
- ^ "Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ Blanchet, Francis Norbert (Apr 5, 1878). "Historical Sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon, During the Past Forty Years". Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "St. Paul Roman Catholic Church". www.oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ a b "Early Catholic Church in Oregon". Msgr. Patrick S. Brennan. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Reilly, Louis. "François Norbert Blanchet." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 22 June 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Oregon City". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. p. 215
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- ^ "Archbishop Charles-Jean Seghers [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Archbishop William Hickley Gross [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b "Archbishop William Hickley Gross, CSsR". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008.
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- ^ "Archbishop Alexander Christie [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Gauntt, Tom. "Moo-vers and shakers on Waud's Bluff", The Oregonian, September 26, 2004, p. H2.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles George (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Encyclopedia Press.
- ^ "UP Today | University of Portland". www.up.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Baker (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland. Archived from the originalon 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Archbishop Edward Daniel Howard [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Portland in Oregon (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland. Archived from the originalon 2010-07-14.
- ^ Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ "Archbishop Robert Joseph Dwyer [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ "Archbishop Cornelius Michael Power [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "Archdiocese remembers Archbishop Cornelius Power". catholicsentinel.org. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ a b "Cardinal William J. Levada Biography". Archdiocese of San Francisco. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
- ^ "Pontifical Acts - 29 January". News.va. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Portland Archdiocese ends bankruptcy with $75 million settlement". Catholicnews.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ a b Goodstein, Laurie (July 7, 2004). "Oregon Archdiocese Files for Bankruptcy Protection". The New York Times.
- ^ Stammer, Larry B. (July 7, 2004). "Oregon Diocese 1st to File Bankruptcy". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Society of Jesus, Oregon Province: Home". cases.omniagentsolutions.com. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
- ^ "Statement from Most Rev. John G. Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland in Oregon". News release. Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. April 17, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ Rowe, Peter (September 10, 2017). "Largest sexual abuse settlements by Roman Catholic institutions in the U.S." San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
- ^ Denson, Bryan (Mar 25, 2011). "Northwest Jesuits will pay $166 million to sex abuse victims in bankruptcy settlement". oregonlive. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
- ^ a b https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/elderjustice/legacy/2016/01/08/Oregon_Marre_Memorandum.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Official announcement from Archdiocese of Portland Pastoral Center". catholicsentinel.org. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c Njus, Elliot (Aug 21, 2018). "Portland archbishop: Sex abuse by priests an 'institutional and spiritual' failure". oregonlive. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
- ^ Lovett, Ian (Aug 2, 2019). "Portland Archdiocese to Pay Nearly $4 Million to Settle Abuse Claims". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021 – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ Bernstein, Maxine (Aug 1, 2019). "Archdiocese of Portland to pay nearly $4 million to settle sex abuse claims by 8 men against Oregon priest". oregonlive. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
External links
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland Official Site
- bankruptcy proceedings
- Catholic Sentinel - official newspaper
- Committee of Parishioners in Western Oregon Archived 2018-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, formed to participate in the Archdiocese's bankruptcy case
- October 2005 update Archived 2007-05-07 at the Wayback Machine on the status of Chapter 11 reorganization