Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima

Diocese of Yakima Dioecesis Yakimensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Central Washington State
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Seattle
Metropolitan	Yakima, Washington
Population - Catholics	68,561
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 23, 1951
Cathedral	St. Paul Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Joseph J. Tyson
Metropolitan Archbishop	J. Peter Sartain
Map
Website
yakimadiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the central region of the state of the U.S. state of Washington. Headquartered in Yakima, the diocese comprises Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat and Yakima Counties. The diocesan cathedral is St. Paul Cathedral, and the diocesan bishop is Joseph J. Tyson. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seattle, and its metropolitan archbishop is J. Peter Sartain, Archbishop of Seattle.

The diocese was canonically erected on June 23, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Its territory was taken from the territory of the Dioceses of Seattle (which was concurrently elevated to an archdiocese) and Spokane. The diocese currently has 41 parishes and 7 Catholic schools.

Bishops

• Joseph Patrick Dougherty (1951–1969)
• Cornelius Michael Power (1969–1974)
• Nicolas Eugene Walsh (1974–1976)
• William Stephen Skylstad (1977–1990)
• Francis George, O.M.I. (1990–1996)
• Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. (1996–2011)
• Joseph J. Tyson (2011–present)

Schools

• La Salle High School, 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