{{Short description|American Catholic prelate (born 1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Liam Stephen Cary | title = Bishop Emeritus of Baker | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = Baker | see = | appointed = March 8, 2012 | enthroned = May 18, 2012 | retired = July 10, 2025 | predecessor = Robert F. Vasa | successor = Thomas J. Hennen <!-- Orders --> | ordination = September 5, 1992 | ordained_by = William Levada | consecration = May 18, 2012 | consecrated_by = John George Vlazny, Robert F. Vasa, and William S. Skylstad | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|8|21}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon, US | death_date = | death_place = | previous_post = | motto = ''Veritas vos liberabit''<br> (The truth will set you free) | education =Mount Angel Seminary<br>St. Patrick's Seminary<br>Pontifical Gregorian University }} {{Infobox bishopstyles | name= Liam Stephen Cary | dipstyle= *His Excellency *The Most Reverend | offstyle=Your Excellency | relstyle=Bishop | image = Coat of arms of Liam Cary.svg | image_size = 200px }}

'''Liam Stephen Cary''' (born August 21, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He had served as bishop of the Diocese of Baker in Oregon since 2012 until his retirement on July 10, 2025

== Biography ==

=== Early life and education === Liam Cary was born on August 21, 1947, in Portland, Oregon. Three years later the family moved to Prineville, Oregon. Liam Cary studied for the priesthood at Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon and St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. Cary then entered residence at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.<ref name="usccb">{{cite web|url=http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-043e.cfm|title=Pope Names Portland Archdiocese Priest Bishop Of Baker, Oregon|publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|accessdate=August 17, 2012|last=|first=}}</ref> In 1970, he took a leave of absence from St. Patrick's seminary, returning to his studies 18 years later.<ref name="NCRFeb2014">{{cite news|last=Morris-Long|first=Dan|title=Parish reactions mixed in wake of Vatican denial of pastor's appeal|url=http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/parish-reactions-mixed-wake-vatican-denial-pastors-appeal|accessdate=19 February 2014|newspaper=National Catholic Reporter|date=Feb 17, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202038/http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/parish-reactions-mixed-wake-vatican-denial-pastors-appeal|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Priesthood === Cary was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland by Archbishop William Levada on September 5, 1992.<ref name="catholic-hierarchy">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcaryl.html|title=Bishop Liam Stephen Cary|publisher=catholic-hierarchy.org|accessdate=August 17, 2012|last=|first=}}{{Self-published source|date=March 2015}}</ref><ref name="GCatholic">{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bake0.htm|title=Diocese of Baker|publisher=GCatholic.org|accessdate=August 17, 2012|last=|first=}}</ref> After his ordination Cary served as the parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Salem, Oregon (1992–1995), archdiocesan vocation director (1995–1999) and pastor at Sacred Heart Parish Medford, Oregon, St. Luke's Parish in Woodburn, Oregon (1999–2011) and St. Mary's Parish in Eugene, Oregon (2011–2012).<ref name="usccb" /><ref name="Haught">{{cite news|author= Nancy Haught|title=Portland priest Liam Cary named new bishop of Baker|newspaper=The Oregonian|date= March 9, 2012|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2012/03/portland_priest_liam_cary_name.html|accessdate= August 17, 2012}}</ref>

=== Bishop of Baker === Cary was named the bishop of Baker by Pope Benedict XVI on March 8, 2012. His episcopal consecration took place on May 18, 2012, at the hands of Archbishop John Vlazny. Bishops Robert F. Vasa and William Skylstad were the co-consecrators.<ref name=catholic-hierarchy/>

On July 10, 2025, Pope Leo XIV accepted Cary's resignation as bishop of Baker after he passed the mandatory retirement age of 75.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/07/10/250710a.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 10.07.2025 |accessdate=July 10, 2025}}</ref>

==See also== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Catholic Church hierarchy * Catholic Church in the United States * Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States * List of Catholic bishops of the United States * Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} *[http://www.dioceseofbaker.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker Official Site]

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