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Divine office fm11/16/2023 ![]() A Social Services Board correlated the work of already-existing agencies, and developed an educational program aimed at coordinating efforts in Catholic schools, campus ministry, and religious education. He oversaw the creation of parish councils and education boards, allowed the laity to serve as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, and formed a Sisters' Council for the nuns of the diocese. At its formation, the new diocese consisted of fifty parishes and served 128,000 Catholics.ĭuring his tenure in Orlando, Borders laid the foundations for the new diocese while also implementing the directives of the Second Vatican Council. He appointed Monsignor William Borders of the Diocese of Baton Rouge as the first bishop of Orlando. Augustine and making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Miami. Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Orlando on June 18, 1968, taking its present territory from the Diocese of St. Paul's Church was dedicated in Daytona Beach, the first Catholic church in that community. In 1881, the first Catholic church in Orlando, St. The Orlando area would remain part of the Diocese of St. Augustine, including all of Florida, was formed with Verot its first bishop. He became Bishop of Savannah in 1861 and remained Vicar Apostolic of Florida. In 1858, Augustin Verot became Vicar Apostolic of part of Georgia and all of Florida. However, seven years later, he stripped Florida from the Diocese of Savannah and created a new Apostolic Vicariate of Florida. In 1825, Pope Leo XII erected the Vicariate of Alabama and Florida, which included all of Florida.Ī quarter century later, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Savannah in 1850, including the new state of Florida minus the Florida Panhandle region. For Catholics, the territory was still under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Havana. In the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, Spain ceded all of Florida to the United States, which established the Florida Territory in 1821. Cuban bishops resumed control after Florida was returned to Spain in 1783. They were members there of San Pedro Church until they abandoned that Atlantic coastal site in 1777 and moved north to St. The first mass migration to the New World took place when hundreds of Catholics from Menorca settled in New Smyrna in 1768. Bishops of Santiago de Cuba ministered to Catholics in Florida until 1763, when England acquired Florida from Spain. History Early history įlorida was first part of the Archdiocese of Havana, Cuba, as early as 1606. A spokesperson for the current bishop said in 2019 that he did not consider himself to be bishop of the Moon (or of the International Space Station, also launched from the diocese). If true, the total area of the diocese would be 14,657,051 square miles (37,961,590 km 2), making it the largest Catholic diocese (beating the Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk, at 3,850,000 square miles (10,000,000 km 2)).īorders is reported to have made this claim to Pope Paul VI in 1969 it is unknown whether Pope Paul VI confirmed or rejected the claim, which is required for jurisdiction to actually be granted. William Borders, the first Bishop of the diocese, called himself the "bishop of the Moon", saying that under the then-active 1917 Code of Canon Law, newly explored territory came under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the port of departure, making the Diocese of Orlando responsible for the moon following the flight of Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center. There were 208 priests, 87 religious nuns, and 181 permanent deacons. In 2011, the estimated population of the diocese was approximately 400,923 Catholics. It has two minor basilicas, Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine, which ministers to Catholic tourists, and St. In 2010, the diocese contained 81 parishes, 10 missions, and 37 schools. Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Marion, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk, and Sumter. The Diocese of Orlando encompasses about 9,611 square miles (24,890 km 2) spanning the following counties: The Diocese of Orlando is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami. ![]() The current bishop is John Gerard Noonan. James Cathedral serves as the seat of the diocese. The Diocese of Orlando ( Latin: Dioecesis Orlandensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Florida in the United States. ![]()
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