The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 in the central region of the state of Washington in the United States. It is led by a prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

 bishop

Bishop

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 who serves as pastor

Pastor

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 to the motherchurch in the Yakima

Yakima, Washington

Yakima is an American city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the eighth largest city by population in the state itself. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 91,196 and a metropolitan population of...

 Cathedral of Saint Paul.

Bishops

• Joseph Patrick Dougherty
  Joseph Patrick Dougherty
  Joseph Patrick Dougherty was an American Roman Catholic clergyman.Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Dougherty was educated at the University of Portland in Oregon and St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1930. He served as a professor at St...
  
   (1951–1969)
• Cornelius Michael Power (1969–1974)
• Nicolas Eugene Walsh
  Nicolas Eugene Walsh
  Nicolas Eugene Walsh was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Yakima from 1974 to 1976, and later served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle .-Biography:...
  
   (1974–1976)
• William Stephen Skylstad (1977–1990)
• Francis George, O.M.I. (1990–1996)
• Carlos Arthur Sevilla
  Carlos Arthur Sevilla
  Carlos Arthur Sevilla, SJ is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the sixth and current Bishop of Yakima.-Biography:...
  
  , S.J.
  Society of Jesus
  The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
  
   (1996-2011)
• Joseph J. Tyson
  Joseph J. Tyson
  Joseph Jude Tyson is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is currently the Bishop of the Diocese of Yakima, Washington. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle from 2005–2011....
  
   (2011 - )

History

Canonically erected on 23 June 1951, the diocese comprises Benton

Benton County, Washington

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, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat and Yakima

Yakima County, Washington

Yakima County is the second largest county by area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named after the Yakama tribe of Native Americans. In the 2010 census, its population was 243,231...

 counties. The diocese is a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Seattle, whose metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

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 is the Archbishop of Seattle

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle

The Archdiocese of Seattle is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. state of Washington. Headquartered in Seattle, the archdiocese encompasses all counties in the state west of the Cascade Range. Its cathedral is St. James Cathedral, and its present archbishop is J...

.

Schools

• La Salle High School
  La Salle High School (Union Gap, Washington)
  LaSalle High School, also known as LHS, is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Union Gap, Washington. It is the only Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima...
  
  , Union Gap
• St. Paul Cathedral School, Yakima - Grades PK-8
• St. Joseph Marquette School, Yakima - Grades PK-8
• St. Joseph School, Kennewick, WA - Grades PK-8
• Christ the King School, Richland, WA - Grades K-8
• St. Rose of Lima School, Ephrata, WA - Grades PK-6
• St. Joseph School, Wenatchee, WA - Grades PK-5

Resources

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Yakima