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Diocese of Saint Augustine

Sancti Augustini

The Diocese of St. Augustine is a Latin Rite diocese covering seventeen counties in northeastern Florida, including Jacksonville and Gainesville. Erected in 1870, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Miami and is led by Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier, appointed in 2022.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 March 1870
Latin
Sancti Augustini
Patron
St. Augustine
Annuario code
001002798

The see in figures

Catholics
153,041
Population
2,330,405
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
6.6%
Priests
166
Catholics per priest
922
Extent
25,575 km²
Catholics per km²
6.0

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
Erik T. Pohlmeier
Born
20 July 1971
Birthplace
Colorado Springs

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-Basilica of St. Augustine stands in Saint Augustine, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Erected in 1870, the Diocese of St. Augustine (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Augustini) covers much of North Florida, taking in the northeastern section of the state including the cities of St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Gainesville. A suffragan of Miami, it has its bishop's seat at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. Erik T. Pohlmeier is the bishop.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.