Roman Catholic Diocese Of Pensacola–Tallahassee
The Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee ( la, Dioecesis Pensacolensis–Talloseiensis) 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 of 2023, the diocese pastorally served 63,834 Catholics (4.1% of 1,438,000 total) on 36,724 km² in 49 parishes and 6 missions with 67 priests (53 diocesan, 14 religious), 64 deacons, 22 lay religious (8 brothers, 15 sisters), 18 seminarians. History The diocese was formed on 1 October 1975 with territories split off from the diocese of St. Augustine and the then– diocese of Mobile (now archdiocese). Bishops of Pensacola–Tallahassee The list of bishops of the diocese and thei ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ...
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