Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is an ecclessiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and is led by an archbishop which pastors the motherchurch in the City of Seattle, Cathedral of Saint James. The archbishop concurrently serves as metropolitan bishop of the suffragan dioceses within the Province of Seattle.
The archdiocese was canonically erected on May 31, 1850 as the Diocese of Nesqually, taking its territory from the suppressed and now defunct Diocese of Walla Walla. It changed its name on September 11, 1907 to become the Diocese of Seattle. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese and metropolitan on June 23, 1951.
The incumbent ordinary (as of 2005) is Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett.
[edit] List of Bishops and Archbishops of Seattle
- Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet
- Egidius Junger
- Edward John O'Dea
- Gerald Shaughnessy
- Thomas Arthur Connolly - first Archbishop of Seattle
- Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen
- Thomas Joseph Murphy
- Alexander Joseph Brunett
