Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Seattle
The Archdiocese of Seattle is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. state of Washington. Headquartered in Seattle, the archdiocese encompasses all counties in the state west of the Cascade Range. Its cathedral is St. James Cathedral, and its present archbishop is J. Peter Sartain.
The archdiocese was established in 1850 as the Diocese of Nesqually, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, as a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Oregon City. In 1903, the episcopal see was moved to Seattle, and the diocese's name was changed to Diocese of Seattle in 1907. The diocese was elevated to archdiocese status in 1951.
The Archbishop of Seattle concurrently serves as metropolitan bishop of the suffragan dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Province of Seattle, which includes the Dioceses of Spokane and Yakima, both of which were carved out of the Archdiocese of Seattle territory in 1913 and 1951, respectively. Together the three dioceses cover the entire state of Washington.
Today the archdiocese has 144 parishes, 11 high schools, and 2 colleges, and claims a Catholic population of 972,000.
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