ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE

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The 'Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle' is an ecclesiastical territory (or diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and is led by an archbishop which pastors the motherchurch in the City of Seattle, Cathedral of Saint James. The archbishop concurrently serves as metropolitan bishop of the suffragan dioceses within the Province of Seattle. The suffragans dioceses are Spokane and Yakima dioceses.
The archdiocese was canonically erected on May 31, 1850 as the Diocese of Nesqually, taking its territory from the suppressed and now defunct Diocese of Walla Walla. It changed its name on September 11, 1907 to become the Diocese of Seattle. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese and metropolitan on June 23, 1951.
The archdiocese is composed of 169 parishes and missions and has a Catholic population of 904,000. There are also 313 priests, 134 male religious and 471 female religious serving the archdiocese and affiliated Catholic organisations. There are 2 post-secondary school, 9 secondary schools and 58 primary schools. The archdiocese also has an extensive welfare and health system with 8 hospitals, 8 day care centres, 22 assisted housing centres for the elderly and others.
The incumbent ordinary (as of 2007) is Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett, he has been the Archbishop of Seattle since October 27, 1997. He was formerly Bishop of Helena.
Archbishop Brunett ordained Bishop George Leo Thomas as Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle in November 19, 1999. Bishop Thomas was later appointed as Bishop of Helena, Montana in 2004. After Bishop Thomas' exit, Archbishop Brunett ordained two new Auxiliary Bishops: Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. and Joseph Jude Tyson, both were concurrently installed on May 12, 2005.

Contents

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Seattle

High Schools

Weblinks

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Seattle

★ Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet † (31 May 1850 Appointed - 23 December 1879 Retired)

★ Egidius Junger † (6 August 1879 Appointed - 26 December 1895 Died)

★ Edward John O'Dea † (13 June 1896 Appointed - 25 December 1932 Died)

★ Gerald Shaughnessy † (1 July 1933 Appointed - 18 May 1950 Died)

★ Thomas Arthur Connolly † (18 May 1950 Succeeded - 13 February 1975 Retired) - first Archbishop of Seattle

★ Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen (25 February 1975 Appointed - 21 August 1991 Retired)

★ Thomas Joseph Murphy † (21 August 1991 Succeeded - 26 July 1997 Died)

★ Alexander Joseph Brunett (28 October 1997 Appointed - )

High Schools

★ Archbishop Murphy High School, Everett

★ Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacoma

★ Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle

★ Eastside Catholic High School, Bellevue

★ Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue

★ Holy Names Academy, Seattle

★ John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Burien

★ O'Dea High School, Seattle

★ Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle

Weblinks

★ Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle

★ Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Archdiocese of Seattle

★ St. James Cathedral