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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Augustine

Diocese of St. Augustine
Dioecesis Sancti Augustini
CoA Roman Catholic Diocese of Diocese of St Augustine.svg
Location
Country United States
Territory 16 Counties in Northeastern Florida
Ecclesiastical province Province of Miami
Population
- Catholics

171,000 (8.3%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established March 11, 1870
Cathedral Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine
Patron saint St. Augustine
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Felipe de Jesús Estévez
Bishop of St. Augustine
Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Wenski
Archbishop of Miami
Emeritus Bishops

Victor Galeone

John J. Snyder
Map
Diocese of St. Augustine map 1.png
Website
dosafl.com

Victor Galeone

The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine is a diocese of the Catholic Church's Latin Church in the U.S. state of Florida. Part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, it covers much of North Florida, including the cities of St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Gainesville. The bishop's seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine; the current bishop is Felipe de Jesús Estévez.

St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the continental United States. The city was part of other dioceses until March 11, 1870, when the Diocese of St. Augustine was created. It covered most of the Florida peninsula until the 1950s, when Florida's expanding population necessitated the creation of new dioceses.

The list of ordinaries of the diocese and their years of service:

Having secured Spanish supremacy by defeating the French and planting a permanent colony at St. Augustine in 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés tried to evangelize the Indians. He had been accompanied by four priests. Nombre de Dios (mission) is at the spot of the first Thanksgiving Mass celebrated on the grounds.

Martin Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales became first parish priest of St. Augustine, the first established parish in the United States. Pending the arrival of regular missionaries, Menéndez appointed soldiers he deemed qualified to give religious instructions to the Indians.

The Jesuits were the first to arrive. Three were sent by St. Francis Borgia in 1566 and ten in 1568. The few who survived the martyrdom of their brethren were recalled in 1572.


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