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The Diocese of St. Petersburg comprises 3,177 square miles (8,230 km 2), encompassing Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus counties. The principal cities are Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. As of 2023, the diocese had a total Catholic population of approximately 500,000, with 280,000 of them registered with the diocese. [2]
A few dioceses bear the names of two cities, variously reflecting a shift in the major center of population, e.g., the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston; future plan to divide a diocese, e.g., the former Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas; union of two former dioceses, e.g., the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph; political expedience, e.g., the ...
The Ecclesiastical Province of Miami is a Catholic ecclesiastical province covering the U.S. state of Florida. Its metropolitan bishop is the Archbishop of Miami, head of the Archdiocese of Miami. The province additionally includes the suffragan dioceses of Orlando, Palm Beach, Pensacola-Tallahassee, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, and Venice.
The Miami Archdiocese and the Palm Beach Diocese editions are also published/printed once a month with local content. [2] Other articles discuss faith issues and highlight specific schools, ministries or parish activities. The bishop of each Florida diocese offers a personal message to subscribers in their diocese on current events or faith ...
Robert Nugent Lynch (born May 27, 1941) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida from 1996 to 2016. Biography [ edit ]
On November 29, 1988, John Paul II accepted Larkin's resignation as bishop of St. Petersburg for health reasons. William Larkin died of leukemia in Clearwater, Florida, on November 4, 2006, at age 83. [6] [4] Bishop Larkin Catholic School in Port Richey, Florida is named in his honor, as is the Bishop W. Thomas Larkin Pastoral Center in St ...
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Catholic Center – Venice. The Diocese of Venice in Florida was erected by Pope John Paul II in 1984 from parts of the Archdiocese of Miami and the Dioceses of Orlando, and St. Petersburg; the pope named John J. Nevins, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami, as the founding bishop. [18]