Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Pensacolen(sis)-Tallaseien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pensacola, Florida, United States
The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is a Latin Church diocese covering 18 counties of northwest Florida, erected in 1975. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Miami and is led by Bishop William A. Wack.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 October 1975
- Latin
- Pensacolen(sis)-Tallaseien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001002575
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 71,445
- Population
- 1,546,239
- Catholic share
- 4.6%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 760
- Extent
- 36,374 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- William Albert Wack, C.S.C.
- Born
- 28 June 1967
- Birthplace
- South Bend
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI SANTA CROCE (C.S.C.)
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 the Sacred Heart stands in Pensacola, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Tallahassee.
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 Palm BeachPalm Beach
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving the Florida Panhandle region of the United States, the Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee carries the Latin title Dioecesis Pensacolensis-Talloseiensis. St. Michael the Archangel is honored as the diocese's patron saint.
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].