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The Archdiocese of Miami (Latin: Archidioecesis Miamiensis, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Miami, Haitian Creole: Achidyosèz Miami) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in South Florida in the United States. It is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, which covers all of Florida.
It also includes a list of Eastern Rite Catholic churches within the archdiocese. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Mary in Miami. The archdiocese includes 118 Roman Catholic parishes and missions divided into 10 deaneries in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties. Historic parishes in the archdiocese include
Thomas Gerard Wenski (born October 18, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami by Pope Benedict XVI on April 20, 2010, and was installed on June 1, 2010.
St. Dominic Catholic Church was established on the 20th of May, 1962 and was named in honor of Saint Dominic of Guzman, a 13th-century Catholic saint and founder of the religious Order of Preachers. It is located in 5909 NW 7th Street in Miami. When the church was being established, the religious looked at possible permanent sites.
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.
In 1990, the Florida Catholic absorbed The Voice published by the Archdiocese of Miami and began serving that area. The addition of Miami gave the paper a circulation of 140,000, serving six out of the seven dioceses in the state. [6] In 1993, specific local sections were generated for each diocese. [5]
John Clement Favalora (born December 5, 1935) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church.He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami from 1994 to 2010 and as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1986 to 1989 and as bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida from 1989 to 1994 [1]
He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix in Arizona from 1969 to 1977 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in Ohio from 1965 to 1969. McCarthy was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Miami on September 17, 1976, and succeeded Coleman Francis Carroll as archbishop of Miami on July 26, 1977. McCarthy retired ...