Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
| Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Miami |
| Diocesan bishop | William Wack |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Huston Ricard SSJ |
| founding | 1975 |
| surface | 36,724 km² |
| Parishes | 49 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 1,427,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 77,400 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 5.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 78 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 832 |
| Permanent deacons | 59 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 20 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More |
| Website | www.ptdiocese.org |
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The diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee ( Latin : Dioecesis Pensacolensis-Talloseiensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Florida in the United States and has its seat in Pensacola .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Sapienter quidem on October 1, 1975 from cessions of territory from the dioceses of Saint Augustine and Mobile and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Miami as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee includes the counties of Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton and Washington of the state of Florida.
Bishops of Pensacola-Tallahassee
- René Henry Gracida (October 1, 1975 - May 19, 1983), then Bishop of Corpus Christi
- Joseph Keith Symons (October 4, 1983 - June 12, 1990), then Bishop of Palm Beach
- John Mortimer Fourette Smith (June 25, 1991 - November 21, 1995) then Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton
- John Huston Ricard SSJ (January 20, 1997 - March 11, 2011)
- Gregory Lawrence Parkes (March 20, 2012 - November 28, 2016), then Bishop of Saint Petersburg
- William Wack (since May 29, 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee on gcatholic.org (English)
Sacred Heart in Pensacola
Saint Thomas More in Tallahassee