Editing Oregon City, Oregon (section)

=== Former Latin archdiocese ===
The town became the see city of the first [[Roman Catholic]] [[archdiocese]] in the western United States, when the diocese of Oregon City, established in 1846, was raised to [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan]] rank, with Archbishop [[François Norbert Blanchet]] as its [[ordinary (officer)|ordinary]]. Its territory included all of the western United States. The population in the area of Oregon City declined due to the [[California Gold Rush]]. The population of nearby Portland grew, and the headquarters of the archdiocese was moved there in 1926. In 1928 the name [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon|Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon]] replaced the former name. No longer a residential bishopric, Oregon City is now a [[titular see]].<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 945</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Anthony |url=http://thetribonline.com/metro_news/story.php?story_id=124760354919257800 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411232626/http://thetribonline.com/metro_news/story.php?story_id=124760354919257800 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=Oregon City gets its own bishop &mdash; sort of |newspaper=The Oregon City News |date=July 14, 2009 |access-date=March 28, 2013 }}</ref>

{{Photomontage
| photo1a = Oregon City 1845 by Warre.jpg{{!}}Oregon City, circa 1845
| photo1b = Oregon_City_1849.jpg{{!}}A sketch of Oregon City, 1847
| photo1c= John Mix Stanley Oregon City on the Willamette River Amon Carter Museum.jpg{{!}}A painting of Oregon City, c. 1850–52, by John Mix Stanley
| photo2a = Oregon City and Willamette Falls, 1867.jpg{{!}}Oregon City, circa 1867
| photo2b = Willamette Locks 1888.jpg{{!}}Oregon City and Willamette Falls in 1888
| photo2c = Oregon City industrial district 1893.png{{!}}The industrial district in 1895
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| text = {{center|'''Images of the evolving town of Oregon City though the 19th century'''}}
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