Diocese of Palm Beach, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Palm Beach / Litoris Palmen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Miami

Neighbouring Dioceses: Venice (←), Orlando (↑), Nassau (→), Miami (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1984.06.16: Established as Diocese of Palm Beach / Litoris Palmen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami and Diocese of Orlando and became suffragan of Miami)

Contact Info

Address: Pastoral Center, 9995 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410-5460, USA

Phone: +1 (561) 775-9500

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.12.19 – ...):

Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez (52)

Monsignors (4)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Palm Beach (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez (52)
(2025.12.19 – ...)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA)

Veritas liberavit vos

Born:	1974.01.15 (Moca, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	2004.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.02.24

Priest of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (2004.07.03 – 2012.06.29)

Priest of Brooklyn (USA) (2012.06.29 – 2025.12.19)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (2025.12.19 – ...)

Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito (76)
(2003.07.01 – 2025.12.19)

Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (USA)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1950.01.04 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.08.22

Priest of Brooklyn (USA) (1976.01.31 – 1994.06.28)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1994.06.28 – 1999.10.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1994.06.28 – 1999.10.26)

Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA) (1999.10.26 – 2003.07.01)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (2003.07.01 – 2025.12.19)

Bishop Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (82) (later Cardinal)
(2002.09.03 – 2003.07.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boston (USA)
President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Quodcumque dixerit facite

Born:	1944.06.29 (Lakewood, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.08.02
Created Cardinal:	2006.03.24

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1984.05.30 – 1985.10.16)

Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1985.10.16 – 1992.06.16)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1992.06.16 – 2002.09.03)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (2002.09.03 – 2003.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (2003.07.01 – 2024.08.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (2006.03.24 [2006.10.01] – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals (2013.04.13 – 2024.06.29)

Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014.03.22 – 2014.09.10)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014.09.10 – 2025.07.05)

Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell
(1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13)

Born:	1938.05.10 (Lisheen, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.08
Died:	2012.05.04 (Moncks Corner, SC, USA † 73)

Priest of Jefferson City (USA) (1963.03.30 – 1988.05.27)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (1988.05.27 – 1998.11.12)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13)

Bishop Robert Nugent Lynch (85)
(Apostolic Administrator 1998.06.02 – 1998.11.12)

Bishop Joseph Keith Symons (93)
(1990.06.12 – 1998.06.02)

Bishop emeritus of Palm Beach (USA)

With joyful trust

Born:	1932.10.14 (Champion, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.03.19

Priest of Saint Augustine (USA) (1958.05.18 – 1981.01.16)

Titular Bishop of Sigus (1981.01.16 – 1983.10.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1981.01.16 – 1983.10.04)

Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) (1983.10.04 – 1990.06.12)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (1990.06.12 – 1998.06.02)

Bishop Thomas Vose Daily
(1984.07.17 – 1990.02.20)

Dominus lux mea

Born:	1927.09.23 (Belmont, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.02.11
Died:	2017.05.14 (Queens, NY, USA † 89)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1952.01.10 – 1974.12.31)

Titular Bishop of Bladia (1974.12.31 – 1984.07.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1974.12.31 – 1984.07.17)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (1984.07.17 – 1990.02.20)

Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus (1987.02.13 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1990.02.20 – 2003.08.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Edward, Palm Beach, Florida
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (54)

Venice (←), Orlando (↑), Nassau (→), Miami (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,510 km²

Population: 310,440 Catholics (14.2% of 2,179,280 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 140 priests (102 diocesan, 38 religious), 95 deacons, 103 religious (52 brothers, 51 sisters), 7 seminarians