Mission parishes - smaller churches - were given two tickets. Bird said each archdiocesan parish was given four tickets to distribute among parishioners. The archdiocese is made up of 109 parishes and missions, representing 108,171 people. State leaders of other Christian denominations and other faiths also will be represented, he said. John the Baptist Catholic Church, which holds about 1,200 people, is expected to be filled for Coakley's ceremony. Stephen Bird, head of the archdiocese's Office of Worship and Spiritual Life, said St. The Tulsa Diocese represents the eastern portion of the state. Thousands of Roman Catholics and others flocked to the downtown Oklahoma City venue to see Beltran formally become the leader of Roman Catholics living in two-thirds of the state. Eusebius Beltran was installed as Oklahoma City archbishop in a grand ceremony in 1993 at the Civic Center Music Hall. It has been 17 years since archdiocesan leadership has changed. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 924 S Littler. Coakley is set to become the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City during an elaborate invitation-only ceremony at 2 p.m.
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