Diocese of

Yakima

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Yakima / Yakimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Seattle

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 6

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1951.06.23: Established as Diocese of Yakima / Yakimen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Seattle and Diocese of Spokane and became suffragan of Seattle)

Contact Info

Address: 5301-A Tieton Dr., Yakima, WA 98908, USA

Phone: +1 (509) 965-7117

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.04.12 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Jude Tyson (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Yakima (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Jude Tyson (67)
(2011.04.12 – ...)

Bishop of Yakima (USA)

Christo Lumen ad Gentes

Born:	1957.10.16 (Moses Lake, WA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.06

Priest of Seattle (USA) (1989.06.10 – 2005.05.12)

Titular Bishop of Migirpa (2005.05.12 – 2011.04.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA) (2005.05.12 – 2011.04.12)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (2011.04.12 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. (89)
(1996.12.31 – 2011.04.12)

Bishop emeritus of Yakima (USA)

To love and to serve

Born:	1935.08.09 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.01.25

Titular Bishop of Mina (1988.12.06 – 1996.12.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1988.12.06 – 1996.12.31)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (1996.12.31 – 2011.04.12)

Bishop Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. (later Cardinal)
(1990.07.10 – 1996.04.30)

Christo gloria in ecclesia

Born:	1937.01.16 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.21
Created Cardinal:	1998.02.21
Died:	2015.04.17 (Chicago, IL, USA † 78)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (1990.07.10 – 1996.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1996.04.30 – 1997.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1997.04.08 – 2014.09.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1998.02.21 – 2015.04.17)

Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2004.11.15 – 2007.11.13)

President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007.11.13 – 2010.11.16)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2010.10.23 – 2014.02.24)

Bishop William Stephen Skylstad (90)
(1977.02.16 – 1990.04.17)

Bishop emeritus of Spokane (USA)

Born:	1934.03.02 (Methow, WA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.12

Priest of Spokane (USA) (1960.05.21 – 1977.02.16)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (1977.02.16 – 1990.04.17)

Bishop of Spokane (USA) (1990.04.17 – 2010.06.30)

Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2001.11.13 – 2004.11.15)

President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2004.11.15 – 2007.11.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Baker (USA) (2011.01.24 – 2012.03.08)

Bishop Nicolas Eugene Walsh
(1974.09.05 – 1976.08.10)

Born:	1916.10.12 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.10.28
Died:	1997.04.21 († 80)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (1974.09.05 – 1976.08.10)

Titular Bishop of Bolsena (1976.08.10 – 1983.09.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA) (1976.08.10 – 1983.09.06)

Bishop Cornelius Michael Power (later Archbishop)
(1969.02.05 – 1974.01.15)

Servite Domino in lætitia

Born:	1913.12.18 (Seattle, WA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.05.01
Died:	1997.05.22 († 83)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (1969.02.05 – 1974.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1974.01.15 – 1986.07.01)

Bishop Joseph Patrick Dougherty
(1951.07.09 – 1969.02.05)

Born:	1905.01.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.09.26
Died:	1970.07.09 († 65)

Bishop of Yakima (USA) (1951.07.09 – 1969.02.05)

Titular Bishop of Altino (1969.02.05 – 1970.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1969.02.05 – 1970.07.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Paul’s Cathedral, Yakima, Washington

Churches by City (45)

Seattle (↖), Spokane (↗), Baker (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 46,051 km²

Population: 190,200 Catholics (25.3% of 752,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 49 priests (48 diocesan, 1 religious), 46 deacons, 19 religious (1 brother, 18 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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