His Excellency, The Most Reverend Liam Stephen Cary |
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Bishop of Baker | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Portland in Oregon |
Diocese | Baker |
Appointed | March 8, 2012 |
Installed | May 18, 2012 |
Predecessor | Robert F. Vasa |
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Ordination | September 5, 1992 by William Levada |
Consecration | May 18, 2012 by John George Vlazny, Robert F. Vasa, and William S. Skylstad |
Personal details | |
Born |
Portland, Oregon |
August 21, 1947
Styles of Liam Stephen Cary |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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.
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. From 1970, he took a leave of absence from the Menlo Park seminary, eventually returning to his studies in 1988.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon by Archbishop William Levada on September 5, 1992.
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).