Diocese of Orlando
Orlanden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orlando, Florida, United States
The Diocese of Orlando is a Latin Church diocese covering nine counties of central Florida, erected in 1968. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Miami and is led by Bishop John Noonan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 March 1968
- Latin
- Orlanden(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of God
- Annuario code
- 001002471
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 400,923
- Population
- 5,064,237
- Catholic share
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 2,067
- Extent
- 24,893 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Bishop
- John Gerard Noonan
- Born
- 26 February 1951
- Birthplace
- Limerick
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
St. James Cathedral stands in Orlando, 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 Province of Miami
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Miami.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Palm BeachPalm Beach
- Diocese of Pensacola-TallahasseePensacola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Florida in the United States is served by the Diocese of Orlando (Latin: Dioecesis Orlandensis), a diocese of the Catholic Church whose seat is St. James Cathedral. John Gerard Noonan is the bishop.
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].