Diocese of Saint Petersburg, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Petersburg / Sancti Petri in Florida (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Miami

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Jude Thaddaeus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.03.02: Established as Diocese of Saint Petersburg / Sancti Petri in Florida (Latin) (from Diocese of Miami and Diocese of Saint Augustine and became suffragan of Miami)
1984.06.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Venice

Contact Info

Address: 6363 Ninth Ave. N., P.O. Box 40200, St. Petersburg, FL 33743, USA

Phone: +1 (727) 344-1611

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.11.28 – ...):

Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Petersburg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes (60)
(2016.11.28 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA)

Nomini tuo da gloriam

Born:	1964.04.02 (Mineola, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1999.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.06.05

Priest of Orlando (USA) (1999.06.26 – 2012.03.20)

Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) (2012.03.20 – 2016.11.28)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (2016.11.28 – ...)

Bishop Robert Nugent Lynch (83)
(1995.12.05 – 2016.11.28)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Petersburg (USA)

Pro amicis suis

Born:	1941.05.27 (Charleston, WV, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.26

Priest of Miami (USA) (1978.05.13 – 1995.12.05)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1995.12.05 – 2016.11.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Palm Beach (USA) (1998.06.02 – 1998.11.12)

Bishop John Clement Favalora (88) (later Archbishop)
(1989.03.14 – 1994.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Miami (USA)

Deus providebit

Born:	1935.12.05 (New Orleans, LA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.29

Priest of New Orleans (USA) (1961.12.20 – 1986.06.16)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1986.06.16 – 1989.03.14)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1989.03.14 – 1994.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA) (1994.11.03 – 2010.04.20)

Bishop William Thomas Larkin
(1979.04.18 – 1988.11.29)

Omnia per Jesum

Born:	1923.03.31 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1947.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2006.11.04 († 83)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1979.04.18 – 1988.11.29)

Bishop Charles Borromeo McLaughlin
(1968.05.02 – 1978.12.14)

Born:	1913.09.28 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.04.15
Died:	1978.12.14 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Risinium (1964.01.13 – 1968.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1964.01.13 – 1968.05.02)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1968.05.02 – 1978.12.14)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Keith Symons (92) (1981.01.16 – 1983.10.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle, St. Petersburg, Florida

Churches by City (84)

Saint Augustine (↑), Orlando (→), Venice (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,228 km²

Population: 504,620 Catholics (14.8% of 3,409,597 total)

Pastoral Centres: 75 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 304 priests (209 diocesan, 95 religious), 120 deacons, 245 religious (123 brothers, 122 sisters), 14 seminarians