Bishop Liam Stephen Cary

Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1947		Born
5 Sep 1992	45.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Portland in Oregon, USA
8 Mar 2012	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
18 May 2012	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
10 Jul 2025	77.8	Retired	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA

MicroData Summary
Liam Stephen Cary
Bishop Liam Stephen Cary
(born 21 Aug 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Baker

Ad Limina - April 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Portland, OR, Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Ordained Priest St. Mary's, Cathedral, Portland, OR, Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Ordained Bishop Saint Francis of Assisi, Bend

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Baker.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop William Joseph Levada †
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John George Vlazny †
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Francis Vasa
Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California)
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad
Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John George Vlazny † (1983)
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin † (1966)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Leslie Smith (2014)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Hennen (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1822675

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2012
ob: CB, 14 Mar 2012
c2+: CB, 7 May 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 210, Number 17,437
c1: CB, 11 May 2022
r: Bollettino, 10 Jul 2025

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