Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland

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This article is about the diocese in Maine. For the one in Oregon, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland

Diocese of Portland
Dioecesis Portlandensis
Basic information
Location	Portland, Maine, United States
Territory	The state of Maine
Population	193,228 Catholics
Rite	Roman Rite
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Boston
Established	July 29, 1853
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Bishop	Bishop of Portland
Website	http://www.portlanddiocese.net
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Metropolitan	Sean Patrick O'Malley Archbishop of Boston
Diocesan Bishop	Richard J. Malone Bishop of Portland

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States comprising of the entire state of Maine. It is led by a bishop, and its cathedral, or motherchurch, is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the City of Portland.

The Diocese of Portland was canonically erected on July 29, 1853 by Pope Pius IX. Its territories were taken from the present-day Archdiocese of Boston in the nearby state of Massachusetts.

The Most Reverend Richard. J. Malone, Th.D., who was installed March 31, 2004, serves as the eleventh and present bishop of the diocese.

[edit] Bishops

• David William Bacon (1855-1874, Died)
• James Augustine Healy (1875-1900, Died)
• William Henry O'Connell (1901-1906, Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston)
• Louis Sebastian Walsh (1906-1924, Died)
• John Gregory Murray (1925-1931, Appointed Archbishop of Saint Paul)
• Joseph Edward McCarthy (1932-1955, Died)
• Daniel Joseph Feeney (1955-1969, Died)
• Peter Leo Gerety (1969-1974, Appointed Archbishop of Newark)
• Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1974-1988, Retired)
• Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1988-2004, Retired)
• Richard Joseph Malone (2004-present)

[edit] High schools

• Catherine McAuley High School, Portland
• Cheverus High School, Portland
• St. Dominic Regional High School, Lewiston

[edit] Resources

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Portland
•   "Portland". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

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