Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle
The Archdiocese of Seattle (Latin: Archidiœcesis Seattlensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in western Washington State in the United States. The Diocese was known as the Diocese of Nesqually from 1850 to 1907. The mother church of the archdiocese is St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The former cathedral is the Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater in Vancouver. Its archbishop since 2019 is Paul D. Etienne.
Archdiocese of Seattle Archidiœcesis Seattlensis | |
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St. James Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Western Washington |
| Ecclesiastical province | Seattle |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 64,269 km2 (24,814 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 5,501,540 863,000 (15.7%) |
| Parishes | 144 |
| Churches | 183 |
| Schools | 75 |
| Members | 972,000 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 31, 1850 (as Diocese of Nesqually) September 11, 1907 (became Diocese of Seattle) June 23, 1951 (elevated to Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | St. James Cathedral |
| Patron saint | James the Greater |
| Secular priests | 115 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Paul D. Etienne |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer Frank R. Schuster |
| Bishops emeritus | J. Peter Sartain |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| seattlearchdiocese.org | |
The archdiocese succeeded to the Diocese of Nesqually headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, established in 1850 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 metropolitan archdiocesan status in 1951.