Diocese of Portland in Maine, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Portland in Maine / Portland / Portlanden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Boston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Portland in Maine / Portland / Portlanden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Boston and became suffragan of New York)
1870: Gained territory from Diocese of Saint John in America
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Boston
1884.04.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manchester

Contact Info

Address: 510 Ocean Ave, P.O. Box 11559, Portland, ME 04104-7559, USA

Phone: +1 (207) 773-6471

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.13 – ...):

Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Portland in Maine (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri (56)
(2024.02.13 – ...)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA)

Auspice Maria

Born:	1968.01.12 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.05.07

Priest of Providence (USA) (1995.06.24 – 2024.02.13)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (2024.02.13 – ...)

Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (78)
(2013.12.18 – 2024.02.13)

Bishop emeritus of Portland in Maine (USA)

Veritatem Facere in caritate

Born:	1946.06.18 (Cambridge, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.01.04

Priest of Boston (USA) (1973.07.14 – 2012.11.09)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.12.13 – 2012.11.09)

Titular Bishop of Kearney (2012.11.09 – 2013.12.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (2012.11.09 – 2013.12.18)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (2013.12.18 – 2024.02.13)

Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.07.17 – 2013.12.18)

Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (78)
(2004.02.10 – 2012.05.29)

Bishop emeritus of Buffalo (USA)

Live the truth in love

Born:	1946.03.19 (Salem, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.01

Priest of Boston (USA) (1972.05.20 – 2000.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Aptuca (2000.01.27 – 2004.02.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (2000.01.27 – 2004.02.10)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (2004.02.10 – 2012.05.29)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (2012.05.29 – 2019.12.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Portland in Maine (USA) (2012.07.17 – 2013.12.18)

Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B.
(1988.12.27 – 2004.02.10)

To serve, not to preside

Born:	1928.09.12 (Millinocket, ME, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1954.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.04.21
Died:	2023.07.02 (Manchester, NH, USA † 94)

Titular Bishop of Præcausa (1986.02.04 – 1988.12.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1986.02.04 – 1988.12.27)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1988.12.27 – 2004.02.10)

Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary
(1974.10.16 – 1988.09.27)

One who serves

Born:	1920.08.21 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.25
Died:	2002.04.02 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Moglæna (1970.11.16 – 1974.10.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1970.11.16 – 1974.10.16)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1974.10.16 – 1988.09.27)

Bishop Peter Leo Gerety (later Archbishop)
(1969.09.15 – 1974.04.02)

In omnibus Christus

Born:	1912.07.19 (Shelton, CT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.01
Died:	2016.09.20 († 104)

Titular Bishop of Crepedula (1966.03.04 – 1969.09.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1966.03.04 – 1969.09.15)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1969.09.15 – 1974.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1974.04.02 – 1986.05.30)

Bishop Daniel Joseph Feeney
(1955.09.09 – 1969.09.15)

Prædica verbum

Born:	1894.09.12 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1921.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.09.12
Died:	1969.09.15 († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1946.06.22 – 1952.03.04)

Titular Bishop of Sita (1946.06.22 – 1955.09.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.09)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1955.09.09 – 1969.09.15)

Bishop Joseph Edward McCarthy
(1932.05.13 – 1955.09.08)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1876.11.14 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1903.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.08.24
Died:	1955.09.08 († 78)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1932.05.13 – 1955.09.08)

Bishop John Gregory Murray (later Archbishop)
(1925.05.29 – 1931.10.29)

Mea omnia tua

Born:	1877.02.26 (Waterbury, CT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1900.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.04.18
Died:	1956.10.11 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Flavias (1919.11.15 – 1925.05.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA) (1919.11.15 – 1925.05.29)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1925.05.29 – 1931.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1931.10.29 – 1956.10.11)

Bishop Louis Sebastian Walsh
(1906.08.03 – 1924.05.12)

In justitia et pace

Born:	1858.01.22 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1882.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.10.18
Died:	1924.05.12 († 66)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1906.08.03 – 1924.05.12)

Bishop William Henry O’Connell (later Cardinal)
(1901.02.08 – 1906.02.21)

Vigor in arduis

Born:	1859.12.08 (Lowell, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1884.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.05.19
Created Cardinal:	1911.11.27
Died:	1944.04.22 (Brighton, MA, USA † 84)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1884.06.07 – 1901.02.08)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1895 – 1901.04.22)

Domestic Prelate (1897 – 1901.02.08)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1901.02.08 – 1906.02.21)

Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi (1906.02.21 – 1907.08.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1906.02.21 – 1907.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1907.08.31 – 1944.04.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1911.11.30 – 1944.04.22)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1938.12.24 – 1944.04.22)

Bishop James Augustine Healy
(1875.02.12 – 1900.08.05)

Immaculata

Born:	1830.04.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1854.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.06.02
Died:	1900.08.05 († 70)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1875.02.12 – 1900.08.05)

Bishop David William Bacon
(1855.01.23 – 1874.11.05)

Robur ac spes

Born:	1813.09.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1838.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.04.22
Died:	1874.11.05 († 61)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1855.01.23 – 1874.11.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Peter Leo Gerety (later Archbishop) (1966.03.04 – 1969.09.15)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Daniel Joseph Feeney (1952.03.04 – 1955.09.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Richard Cote (75) (1995.05.09 – 2003.03.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Amédée Wilfrid Proulx (1975.09.16 – 1993.11.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary (1970.11.16 – 1974.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Joseph Feeney (1946.06.22 – 1952.03.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, Maine
Minor Basilica: Sts. Peter and Paul Basilica, Lewiston, Maine
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (155)

Manchester (←), Sherbrooke (←), Québec (↖), Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (↖), Rimouski (↑), Edmundston (↗), Saint John, New Brunswick (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 85,541 km²

Population: 286,095 Catholics (21.0% of 1,362,357 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes

Personnel: 136 priests (101 diocesan, 35 religious), 46 deacons, 196 religious (43 brothers, 153 sisters), 11 seminarians