About the Diocese
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Deaneries in the Diocese of Baker
EASTERN DEANERY
Very Rev. Camilus Fernando, DeanBaker City, St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
-Halfway, St. Therese
-North Powder, St. AnthonyBurns, Holy Family
-Crane, St. Thomas Aquinas
-Drewsey, Our Lady of Loretto
-Juntura, St. CharlesJohn Day, St. Elizabeth of Hungary
-Monument, St. AnneJordan Valley, St. Bernard
Nyssa, St. Bridget of Kildare
-Arock, Holy FamilyOntario, Blessed Sacrament
Vale, St. Patrick
-Unity, St. JosephWESTERN DEANERY
Very Rev. Robert Greiner, DeanCondon, St. John
- Arlington, St. Francis
-Fossil, St. CatherineDufur, St. Alphonsus
-Wasco, St. Mary
-Grass Valley, St. John the BaptistHood River, St. Mary
The Dalles, St. Peter
CENTRAL DEANERY
Very Rev. Todd Unger, DeanBend, St. Francis of Assisi
La Pine, Holy Redeemer
-Sunriver, Holy Trinity
- Christmas Valley, Holy Family
-Gilchrist, Our Lady of the SnowsMadras, St. Patrick
-Warm Springs, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
(Native American Ministry)Prineville, St. Joseph
Redmond, St. Thomas
Sisters, St. Edward the Martyr
SOUTHERN DEANERY
Very Rev. Rogatian Urassa, DeanChiloquin, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
-Bly, St. JamesKlamath Falls, Sacred Heart & St. Pius X
Lakeview, St. Patrick
-Adel, St. Richard
-Paisley, St. John
-Plush, St. ThomasMerrill, St. Augustine
-Bonanza, St. Frances CabriniNORTHERN DEANERY
Very Rev. Charles Nnabuife, DeanBoardman, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Enterprise, St. Katherine of Siena
-Wallowa, St. Pius XHeppner, St. Patrick
-Ione, St. WilliamHermiston, Our Lady of Angels
La Grande, Our Lady of the Valley
-Elgin, St. Mary
-Union, Sacred HeartMilton-Freewater, St. Francis of Assisi
Pendleton, St. Mary
Pendleton, St. Andrew’s Mission
--Athena, Sacred HeartPilot Rock, St. Helen
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About the Diocese of Baker
The Diocese of Baker City was officially estabished on June 19, 1903, by His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII.
On February, 1952, in accordance with the policy of the Holy See to have the title of each diocese correspond to the civil title of the See City, the Sacred Consistorial Congregation, upon requeset of Bishop Francis P. Leipzig, officially changed the title of the Diocese of Baker City to the Diocese of Baker.
Our Diocese encompasses over 66,800 square miles of mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes and plains. It has a population of approximately 12,500 registered Catholic households spread throughout 57 parishes and missions. Approximately 38 dedicated priests take care of both our parishes and missions.
As a mission territory, the Diocese of Baker has received assistance from the Catholic Home Missions to fund operating costs and the Catholic Extension Society to help fund some operations and build facilities, especially the mission churches. Through the dedicated leadership of six former bishops, hundreds of clergy and religious, and the increasing Catholic population, the diocese of Baker has flourished in its outreach to communities primarily serving agriculture, ranching, dairy farming, Native Americans, tourism, and growing urban areas. During the early 1900’s these challenges were first met from the See City of Baker. At that time it was the hub of transportation, commerce, lumber, and other economic activities for Eastern Oregon.
During the second half of the Century, the population of Oregon continued to move westward, up against the eastern foot of the Cascades. It became increasingly apparent that the growing concentration of our Catholic population would be better served from Central Oregon. In 1987, the diocesan offices were moved to the City of Bend, while leaving the Cathedral Church of St. Francis de Sales in Baker City.
Comprises the Counties of:
Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler