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 shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 2,067
- Extent
- 24,893 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.