Diocese of Palm Beach
Litoris Palmen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Palm Beach, Florida, United States
The Diocese of Palm Beach is a Latin Church diocese covering five counties of southeast Florida, erected in 1984. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Miami, and Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez was installed as its ordinary in February 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 1984
- Latin
- Litoris Palmen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Queen of the Apostles
- Annuario code
- 001002524
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 233,244
- Population
- 2,211,148
- Catholic share
- 10.5%
- Priests
- 140
- Catholics per priest
- 1,666
- Extent
- 11,510 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez
- Born
- 15 January 1974
- Birthplace
- Santo Domingo
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 St. Ignatius Loyola stands in Palm Beach, 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 OrlandoOrlando
- Diocese of Pensacola-TallahasseePensacola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving eastern Florida in the United States, the Diocese of Palm Beach (Latin: Dioecesis Litoris Palmensis) is a Catholic diocese suffragan to the Archdiocese of Miami. Its patron saint is Mary, mother of Jesus, honored under the title Queen of the Apostles.
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].