Archdiocese of Miami Archidioecesis Miamiensis Arquidiócesis de Miami |
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Archdiocese of Miami coat of arms
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory |
Florida Miami (Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe) |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Miami |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 4,408,811 742,608 (16.8%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | October 7, 1958 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Mary |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Thomas Wenski |
Auxiliary Bishops |
Peter Baldacchino Enrique Esteban Delgado |
Emeritus Bishops | John Favalora |
Map | |
Website | |
miamiarchdiocese.org |
The Archdiocese of Miami (Latin: Archidioecesis Miamiensis, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Miami) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Florida. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, which covers Florida. The archbishop is Thomas Wenski. As archbishop, he also serves as pastor of the Cathedral of Saint Mary, the mother church of the archdiocese. Also serving are 428 priests, 160 permanent deacons, 50 religious brothers and 300 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes. These priests, deacons and persons religious serve a Catholic population in South Florida of 1,300,000 in 118 parishes and missions.
Because of the vast number of immigrants, Mass is offered in at least a dozen languages in parishes throughout the archdiocese. Educational institutions consist of two schools for the disabled, 60 elementary/middle schools, 13 high schools, two universities, and two seminaries. Radio, print, and television media outlets owned and operated by the archdiocese supplement teaching, communication, and ministries.