Archdiocese of Miami
Miamien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Miami, Florida, United States
The Archdiocese of Miami is the Latin Church metropolitan see covering Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in Florida. Erected as a diocese in 1958 and elevated to archdiocese in 1968, it is the metropolitan for all of Florida and is led by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1958
- Latin
- Miamien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002239
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,300,000
- Population
- 4,752,179
- Catholic share
- 27.4%
- Priests
- 269
- Catholics per priest
- 4,833
- Extent
- 12,836 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 101
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Thomas G. Wenski
- Born
- 18 October 1950
- Birthplace
- West Palm Beach
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary stands in Miami, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Miami
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Saint AugustineSaint Augustine
- Diocese of Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
- Diocese of VeniceVenice
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1958, the Archdiocese of Miami (Latin: Archidioecesis Miamiensis, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Miami, Haitian Creole: Achidyosèz Miami) serves the Catholic Church in South Florida in the United States. It stands as the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, a province that takes in all of Florida, while the archdiocese itself covers the counties of Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Mary, and as of 2026 Thomas Wenski serves as archbishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].