Diocese of Saint Petersburg
Sancti Petri in Florida
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
The Diocese of Saint Petersburg is a Latin Church diocese on Florida's Gulf Coast, erected in 1968 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Miami. Bishop Gregory Parkes has led the diocese since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 March 1968
- Latin
- Sancti Petri in Florida
- Patron
- Saint Jude the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001002832
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 461,209
- Population
- 3,116,283
- Catholic share
- 14.8%
- Priests
- 304
- Catholics per priest
- 1,517
- Extent
- 8,228 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Gregory L. Parkes
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 Jude the Apostle stands in Saint Petersburg, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Miami.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MiamiMiami
- Diocese of Saint AugustineSaint Augustine
- Diocese of VeniceVenice
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Gulf Coast Florida's Tampa Bay region is served by the Diocese of Saint Petersburg (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Petri in Florida), a Catholic diocese that stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Miami. St. Jude the Apostle Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Florida is its mother church, and Gregory Parkes serves as 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].