See Baker Ordination September 5, 1992 | Successor Incumbent Consecration May 18, 2012 Name Liam Cary | |
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In office March 8, 2012 – present Born August 21, 1947Portland, Oregon ( 1947-08-21 ) | ||
He suffered for us part 1
Liam Cary (born August 21, 1947) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Baker in the state of Oregon since 2012.
Contents
- He suffered for us part 1
- Bishop liam cary saturday homily steubenville 2016 northwest
- Early life and education
- Priesthood
- Bishop of Baker
- References
Bishop liam cary saturday homily steubenville 2016 northwest
Early life and education
Liam Stephen Cary was born in Portland, Oregon. Three years later the family moved to Prineville, Oregon. He studied for the priesthood at Mount Angel Seminary near Mt. Angel, Oregon, St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California, the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he received a bachelor's and a licentiate in sacred theology. From 1970, he took a leave of absence from the Menlo Park seminary, eventually returning to his studies in 1988.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon by Archbishop William Levada on September 5, 1992.
Priesthood
After ordination Father Cary served as the parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Salem, Oregon (1992–1995), archdiocesan vocation director (1995–1999) and pastor at Sacred Heart Parish Medford, Oregon, St. Luke's in Woodburn, Oregon (1999–2011) and St. Mary's Church in Eugene, Oregon (2011–2012).
Bishop of Baker
Father Cary was named the bishop of Baker by Pope Benedict XVI on March 8, 2012. His episcopal consecration took place on May 18, 2012, at the hands of Archbishop John George Vlazny of Portland, Oregon. Bishops Robert F. Vasa, the previous bishop of Baker, and William Stephen Skylstad, who had served the Baker Diocese as Apostolic Administrator, were the co-consecrators.