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 |
Orders | |
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, US | August 21, 1947
Motto | Veritas vos liberabit (The truth will set you free) |
Styles of Liam Stephen Cary | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Liam Stephen Cary (born August 21, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as bishop of the Diocese of Baker in Oregon since 2012.
Liam Cary was born on August 21, 1947, in Portland, Oregon. Three years later the family moved to Prineville, Oregon. Liam Cary studied for the priesthood at Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon and St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. Cary then entered Pontifical North American College in Rome. He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. [1] In 1970, he took a leave of absence from St. Patrick's seminary, returning to his studies 18 years later. [2]
Cary was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland by Archbishop William Levada on September 5, 1992. [3] [4] After his ordination 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 Parish in Eugene, Oregon (2011–2012). [1] [5]
Cary was named the bishop of the Diocese 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 Vlazny. Bishops Robert F. Vasa and William Skylstad were the co-consecrators. [3]
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