The Holy Father today appointed Bishop Alexander Sample to be the next archbishop of Portland in Oregon. Bishop Sample until now has been the bishop of Marquette, Michigan, the diocese in which he was ordained a priest in 1990. He succeeds Archbishop John Vlazny who retired due to age.
Sample was born in the diocese of Helena, attended St.Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and later studied at the Angelicum in Rome. Prior to seminary studies, he obtained both bachelor and master degrees in metallurgies from the Michigan Technological University in the UP (upper peninsula) of Michigan. He was nominated bishop of Marquette in 2005 and ordained a bishop in 2006.
Congratulations, Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon!
