Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami, USA

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History

1958.05.25: Established as Diocese of Miami / Miamien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint Augustine and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1962.02.10: Became suffragan of Atlanta
1968.03.02: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami / Miamien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Orlando, Saint Augustine and Saint Petersburg and lost territory to establish Diocese of Orlando and Diocese of Saint Petersburg)
1975.10.01: Gained suffragan see Pensacola–Tallahassee
1984.06.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Palm Beach and Diocese of Venice and gained suffragan sees Palm Beach and Venice

Contact Info

Address: 9401 Biscayne Blvd., Miami Shores, FL 33138, USA

Phone: +1 (305) 757-6241

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.09)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2010.04.20 – ...):	Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski (73)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.10.12 – ...):	Bishop Enrique Esteban Delgado (67) Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Miami (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski (73)
(2010.04.20 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA)

Omnia Omnibus

Born:	1950.10.18 (West Palm Beach, FL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.03

Priest of Miami (USA) (1976.05.15 – 1997.06.24)

Titular Bishop of Kearney (1997.06.24 – 2003.07.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA) (1997.06.24 – 2003.07.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando (USA) (2003.07.01 – 2004.11.13)

Bishop of Orlando (USA) (2004.11.13 – 2010.04.20)

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

Apostolic Administrator of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) (2011.03.11 – 2012.03.20)

Archbishop John Clement Favalora (87)
(1994.11.03 – 2010.04.20)

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)

Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy
(1977.07.26 – 1994.11.03)

Manete in dilectione Christi

Born:	1918.04.10 (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1943.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.06.15
Died:	2005.06.07 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Tamascani (1965.04.21 – 1969.08.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1965.04.21 – 1969.08.25)

Bishop of Phoenix (USA) (1969.08.25 – 1976.09.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Miami (USA) (1976.09.17 – 1977.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA) (1977.07.26 – 1994.11.03)

Archbishop Coleman Francis Carroll
(1968.03.02 – 1977.07.26)

Primum regnum Dei

Born:	1905.02.09 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.11.10
Died:	1977.07.26 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Pitanæ (1953.08.25 – 1958.08.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1953.08.25 – 1958.08.13)

Bishop of Miami (USA) (1958.08.13 – 1968.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA) (1968.03.02 – 1977.07.26)

Bishops of Miami (Roman Rite)

Bishop Coleman Francis Carroll (later Archbishop)
(1958.08.13 – 1968.03.02)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy (1976.09.17 – 1977.07.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Baldacchino (62) (2014.02.20 – 2019.05.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Gerard Noonan (72) (2005.06.21 – 2010.10.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Felipe de Jesús Estévez (77) (2003.11.21 – 2011.04.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Gerard Wenski (73) (later Archbishop) (1997.06.24 – 2003.07.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilberto Fernández (1997.06.23 – 2002.12.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. (1986.01.10 – 1990.03.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez (1979.02.06 – 2003.06.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Nevins (1979.01.25 – 1984.07.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop René Henry Gracida (100) (1971.12.06 – 1975.10.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1968.06.24 – 1971.04.27)