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Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee in 1975 with territories split off from the Diocese of St. Augustine. [13] [14] The pope named Auxiliary Bishop René Gracida of the Archdiocese of Miami as the first bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee. In 1983, Pope John Paul II selected Gracida to be bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi.
On May 29, 2017, Pope Francis appointed Wack as diocesan bishop for the Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee. [4] [3] In an interview before his consecration, Wack said "all I ever wanted to be was a priest." [5] On August 22, 2017, Wack was consecrated by Archbishop Thomas Wenski, with Bishops Daniel R. Jenky and Joe S. Vásquez serving as co ...
The chapel status would be short lived, as in 1968, the new Bishop of St. Augustine, Paul Tanner, would elevate it to the status of a student parish, where it would stay for seven years. On October 7, 1975, six days after the formation of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, the parish was made the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More.
Wack leads the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. The Cities for Life service begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Cities for Life is an international effort to mark the 236th ...
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
The Vatican established new dioceses in Miami, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Palm Beach, Venice, and Pensacola-Tallahassee. The Diocese of Miami was elevated into an archdiocese. As the Catholic Church has dealt with the sexual abuse scandals in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the Vatican forced two bishops of the Diocese of Palm Beach to ...
A question to the governor’s office about whether DeSantis attends Sunday mass in Tallahassee or belongs to a local parish is pending in his office. There are 286 men and two females on Florida ...
The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee was established by Pope Paul VI in 1975. On November 6 of that year, Miami Auxiliary Bishop René Gracida was installed as the diocese's first bishop. Sacred Heart Church was named as the diocesan cathedral and St. Thomas More Church in Tallahassee as the co-cathedral. [3]