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| Bishop Liam Cary, Bishop of the Baker Diocese |
Bishop Cary was born on August 21, 1947 at Portland Oregon, and moved with his
family to Prineville in Central Oregon at a young age. He attended the
Ochocho Elementary schools and the Prineville Junior High School. He
then entered the Baker Diocese Seminary attending at Mount Angel High
School Seminary. He pursued his philosophy studies at Mount Angel and
theology studies at Menlo Park, (California.) Having left the Seminary
in 1970, he worked for a number of years among the poor and migrants in
Chicago, Salinas, (California) and Eugene (Oregon.)
He
returned to the Seminary for the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon in
1987, and followed his studies at the American Pontifical College and
the Gregoriana University, both in Rome, attaining his licentiate in
Moral Theology in 1992. He was ordained a priest on September 5, 1992
for the Archdiocese of Portland and has since served in these
capacities: associate pastor at St. Joseph's in Salem (1992-1994,)
member of the Educating for Chastity Task Force (1993-1997,) Director of Vocations (1994-1998,) Chaplain of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
(1994-1997,) assistant pastor at St. Anne parish in Gresham (1997-1998)
and again assistant pastor at St Luke Parish in Woodburn (1998.)  |
| Bishop Cary with Pope Benedict XVI in April 2012 |
He was consecrated Bishop of Baker on May 18, 2012 precisely at the church where he will celebrate Mass for our children today. He lives in Bend but travels all around our vast state to reach his people and his priests. Welcome Bishop Cary to your second home.
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