Liam Cary

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Most Reverend
Liam S. Cary
Bishop of Baker
Church Catholic Church
See Baker
In office March 8, 2012 – present
Predecessor Robert F. Vasa
Successor Incumbent
Orders
Ordination September 5, 1992
by William Levada
Consecration May 18, 2012
by John George Vlazny
Personal details
Born (1947-08-21)August 21, 1947
Portland, Oregon

Liam Cary (born August 21, 1947) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Baker in the state of Oregon since 2012.

Early life and education

Liam Stephen Cary was born in Portland, Oregon. Three years later the family moved to Prineville, Oregon. He studied for the priesthood at Mount Angel Seminary near Mt. Angel, Oregon, St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California, the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he received a bachelor's and a licentiate in sacred theology.[1] From 1970, he took a leave of absence from the Menlo Park seminary, eventually returning to his studies in 1988.[2]

He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon by Archbishop William Levada on September 5, 1992.[3][4]

Priesthood

After ordination Father Cary served as the parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Salem, Oregon (1992–1995), archdiocesan vocation director (1995–1999) and pastor at Sacred Heart Parish Medford, Oregon, St. Luke's in Woodburn, Oregon (1999–2011) and St. Mary's Church in Eugene, Oregon (2011–2012).[1][5]

Bishop of Baker

Father Cary was named the bishop of Baker by Pope Benedict XVI on March 8, 2012. His episcopal consecration took place on May 18, 2012, at the hands of Archbishop John George Vlazny of Portland, Oregon. Bishops Robert F. Vasa, the previous bishop of Baker, and William Stephen Skylstad, who had served the Baker Diocese as Apostolic Administrator, were the co-consecrators.[3]

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Baker
2012–present
Succeeded by
incumbent