The Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee' (Latin: Dioecesis Pensacolensis-Talloseiensis) is a diocese in the Province of Miami, both in the U.S. state of Florida. The patron saint of the diocese is St. Michael the Archangel.
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Main Churches
The episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in Pensacola, which city also has a Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel.
There is also a Co-Cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More, in Tallahassee
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Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 77,900 Catholics (5.4% of 1,438,000 total) on 36,724 km² in 49 parishes and 9 missions with 92 priests (81 diocesan, 11 religious), 70 deacons, 39 lay religious (16 brothers, 23 sisters), 13 seminarians.
History
The diocese was formed on 1 October 1975 as Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee / Pensacolen(sis)-Tallaseien(sis) (Latin), on territories split off from the Diocese of St. Augustine and the then-Diocese of Mobile (now Metropolitan).
It remains unaltered.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all U.S. and Latin rite)
The list of bishops of the diocese and their years of service:
- René Henry Gracida (1975.10.01 - 1983.05.19), previously Titular Bishop of Masuccaba (1971.12.06 - 1975.10.01) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Miami (USA) (1971.12.06 - 1975.10.01); next Bishop of Corpus Christi (1983.05.19 - retired 1997.04.01)
- Joseph Keith Symons (1983.10.04 - 1990.06.12), previously Titular Bishop of Sigus (1981.01.16 - 1983.10.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1981.01.16 - 1983.10.04); next Bishop of Palm Beach (1990.06.12 - retired 1998.06.06)
- John Mortimer (Fourette) Smith (1991.06.25 - 1995.11.21), previously Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne (1987.11.20 - 1991.06.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Newark (NJ, USA) (1987.11.20 - 1991.06.25); next Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1995.11.21 - 1997.06.30), succeeding as Bishop of Trenton (1997.06.30 - retired 2010.12.01)
- John Huston Ricard, Josephites (S.S.J.) (1997.01.20 - retired 2011.03.11, for health reasons), previously Titular Bishop of Rucuma (1984.05.25 - 1997.01.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland, USA) (1984.05.25 - 1997.01.20)
- Apostolic Administrator Thomas Gerard Wenski (2011.03.11 - 2012.03.20), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Miami (USA) (2010.04.20 - ...)
- Gregory Lawrence Parkes (2012.03.20 - 2016.11.28); next Bishop of St. Petersburg (2017.01.04 - ...)
- William Albert Wack, Holy Cross Fathers (C.S.C.) (2017.08.22 - ... ), no previous prelature.
Other priests from the diocese who became bishops
- Martin David Holley (ordained a priest in 1987); appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Washington in 2004; appointed Bishop of Memphis in 2016
Catholic High schools
- John Paul II Catholic High School, Tallahassee
- Pensacola Catholic High School, Pensacola
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