Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee


The Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee is a diocese in the Province of Miami, both in the U.S. state of Florida. The patron saint of the diocese is St. Michael the Archangel.

Main Churches

The episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in Pensacola, which city also has a Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel.
There is also a Co-Cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More, in Tallahassee

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 77,900 Catholics on 36,724 km² in 49 parishes and 9 missions with 92 priests, 70 deacons, 39 lay religious, 13 seminarians.

History

The diocese was formed on 1 October 1975 as Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee / Pensacolen–Tallaseien, on territories split off from the Diocese of St. Augustine and the then–Diocese of Mobile.
It remains unaltered.

Bishops of Pensacola–Tallahassee

The list of bishops of the diocese and their years of service:
  1. René Henry Gracida, appointed Bishop of Corpus Christi
  2. Joseph Keith Symons, appointed Bishop of Palm Beach
  3. John Mortimer Smith, appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Trenton
  4. John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.
  5. Gregory Lawrence Parkes, appointed Bishop of Saint Petersburg
  6. William Albert Wack, C.S.C.

    Other priests from the diocese who became bishops