Archdiocese of Miami

{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese at Miami, Florida, United States}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Archdiocese | name = Miami | latin = Archidioecesis Miamiensis | local = Arquidiócesis de Miami <br/>Achidyosèz Miami | image = Cathedral of Saint Mary - Miami 08.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | caption = Cathedral of Saint Mary | coat = Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Miami.svg | coat_size = 150px | coat_alt = | coat_caption = Coat of arms  | country = {{flag|United States}} | territory = [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]], [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]] and [[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]] counties in the state of [[Florida]] | province = [[Province of Miami]] | deaneries = | headquarters = | coordinates =   | area_km2 =  | area_footnotes = | population = 4,752,179 | population_as_of = 2018 | catholics = 1,300,000 | catholics_percent = 27 | parishes = 109  | churches =  | congregations =  | schools = 62  | members =   | denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]] | rite = [[Roman Rite]] | established = {{start date and age|1958|10|07}} | cathedral = [[Cathedral of Saint Mary in Miami|Cathedral of Saint Mary]] | cocathedral = | patron = Our Lady of the [[Immaculate Conception]] | priests =   | pope = {{Incumbent pope}}  | bishop = [[Thomas Wenski]] | bishop_title = Archbishop | coadjutor = | suffragans = | auxiliary_bishops = [[Enrique Esteban Delgado]] | apostolic_admin = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | judicial_vicar = Father Emmanuel Essiet | emeritus_bishops = [[John Favalora]]  | map = Archdiocese of Miami map 1.png | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption =  | website = {{Official website|http://www.miamiarch.org/|miamiarch.org}} | footnotes = }} The '''Archdiocese of Miami''' ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Miamiensis}}, {{langx|es|Arquidiócesis de Miami}}, {{langx|ht|Achidyosèz Miami}}) is an archdiocese of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[South Florida]] in the United States. Formed in 1958, it is the [[metropolitan see]] for the [[Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Miami|Ecclesiastical Province of Miami]], which covers all of Florida.

The Archdiocese of Miami contains the Florida counties [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]], [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]] and [[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]]. The [[Cathedral of Saint Mary in Miami|Cathedral of Saint Mary]] is the mother church of the archdiocese. As of 2026, the archbishop is [[Thomas Wenski]].

== Structure == Priests in the archdiocese celebrate [[Mass in the Catholic Church|mass]] in at least a dozen languages.<ref name="anniversary">{{cite news| title=Archdiocese is set for 50th anniversary| date=2007-10-06| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1357466441.html?dids=1357466441:1357466441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+6%2C+2007&author=John+Tanasychuk&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=B.1&desc=ARCHDIOCESE+IS+SET+FOR+50TH+ANNIVERSARY+IMMIGRATION+FUELED+RAPID+EXPANSION| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722033927/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1357466441.html?dids=1357466441:1357466441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+6%2C+2007&author=John+Tanasychuk&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=B.1&desc=ARCHDIOCESE+IS+SET+FOR+50TH+ANNIVERSARY+IMMIGRATION+FUELED+RAPID+EXPANSION| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 22, 2009| access-date=2009-03-09 | work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel | first=John|last=Tanasychuk}}</ref> The archdiocese operates two schools for the disabled, sixty elementary/middle schools, thirteen high schools, two universities, and two seminaries.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The archdiocese operates radio, print, and television media outlets.<ref name="crossroads">{{cite news| work=Miami Herald| title=Miami Archdiocese at a Crossroads in 50th year| date=2007-10-07| url=http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/263201.html#recent_comm| access-date=2007-10-07}} {{dead link| date=June 2010 | bot=DASHBot}}</ref>

== History == === Background ===

==== 1550 to 1850 ==== {{Further|History of the Catholic Church in Florida}} The first Catholics in Eastern Florida were a group of Spanish [[Jesuits]] who founded a mission in 1566 on [[Upper Matecumbe Key]] in the [[Florida Keys]]. After several years of disease and turbulent relations with the Native American inhabitants, the missionaries returned to Spain.<ref name="parish1">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=History of the Parish 1556–1850 |url=http://keywestcatholicparish.org/History_1556_1850.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529103427/http://keywestcatholicparish.org/History_1556_1850.html |archivedate=2014-05-29 |accessdate=2014-05-28 |publisher=Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea}}</ref>

By 1606, the few Catholics in Florida was under the jurisdiction of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana|Archdiocese of Havana]] in Cuba. After the end of the [[French and Indian War]] in 1763, Spain ceded all of Florida to Great Britain for the return of [[Cuba]]. Given the antagonism of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] Great Britain to Catholicism, the majority of the Catholic population in Florida fled to Cuba.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction |url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/staugustine/timeline/castillo-introduction/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=St. Augustine: America's Ancient City |language=en-US}}</ref> After the [[American Revolution]], Spain regained control of Florida in 1784.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction |url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/staugustine/timeline/introduction-exodus/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=St. Augustine: America's Ancient City |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1793, the Vatican changed the jurisdiction for Florida Catholics from Havana to the Apostolic Vicariate of Louisiana and the Two Floridas, based in [[New Orleans|New Orleans.]]<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |title=New Orleans (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnewo.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> In the [[Adams–Onís Treaty]] of 1819, Spain ceded all of Florida to the United States, which established the [[Florida Territory]] in 1821.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Exploration and Colonization – Florida Department of State |url=https://dos.fl.gov/florida-facts/florida-history/a-brief-history/european-exploration-and-colonization/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=dos.myflorida.com}}</ref>

In 1825, [[Pope Leo XII]] erected the Vicariate of Alabama and Florida, which included all of Florida, based in [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name=":33" />

=== 1850 to 1900 === In 1858, Pius IX moved Florida into a new Apostolic Vicariate of Florida and named Bishop [[Augustin Verot]] as vicar apostolic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Savannah (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsava.html |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> In 1870, Pius IX elevated the Vicariate of Florida into the Diocese of St. Augustine and named Vérot as its first bishop.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Bishop Jean Marcel Pierre Auguste Vérot [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bverot.html |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> The new diocese covered all of Florida except for the [[Florida Panhandle]] region.

In 1850, Bishop [[Francis Xavier Gartland|Francis X. Gartland]] of Savannah sent the priest John F. Kirby to [[Key West]] to tend to a growing Catholic community there. He founded [[Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea (Key West, Florida)|Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church]] in Key West in 1852.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of Our Parish {{!}} The Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea |url=https://stmarykeywest.com/history-of-the-parish/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> Gesù Parish in Miami, founded in 1896, was the first parish in South Florida outside of the Florida Keys.<ref>{{Cite web |title=<span>About Us</span><br /> |url=https://gesuchurch.org/about-us |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Gesù Church |language=en}}</ref>

==== 1900 to 1958 ==== [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] received its first parish in 1913 with the establishment of Saint Anthony's.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: St. Anthony Catholic Parish :: Main |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Church_531417225603_main |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref> The first Catholic church in [[Homestead, Florida|Homestead]] was Sacred Heart, built in 1917.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Church {{!}} Sacred Heart Catholic Church {{!}} United States |url=https://www.sacredhearthomestead.org/parishhistory |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Sacred Heart |language=en}}</ref> In [[Hollywood, Florida]], Little Flower was established as a mission in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Little Flower Catholic Parish :: Main |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Church_531417225040_main |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref> Saint Patrick's was the first parish in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], erected in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parish History – St. Patrick Catholic Parish |url=https://stpatrickmiamibeach.com/church/parish-history/ |access-date=2026-02-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> In [[Hialeah, Florida|Hialeah]], the first parish was St. John the Apostle, erected in 1945<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.sjahialeah.org/history.html |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=CHURCH ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1950s and early 1960s, Bishop [[Joseph Patrick Hurley|Joseph Hurley]] of Saint Augustine purchased land throughout South Florida in anticipation of a future population boom.<ref>{{cite web| last=Gannon| first=Michael| title=The Builder Bishop| publisher= Saint Augustine Catholic | date=2007-10-30| url=http://www.staugcatholic.org/feature2.shtml| access-date=2007-10-30|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070715202643/http://www.staugcatholic.org/feature2.shtml |archive-date = July 15, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dozens of Catholic churches, schools and cemeteries were later built on land purchased by Hurley.<ref name="anniversary" />

In 1950, the diocese opened [[Mercy Hospital (Miami)|Mercy Hospital]] in Miami. It is today HCA Florida Mercy Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hospital History |url=https://www.hcafloridahealthcare.com/_site_Florida.Hospitals/locations/mercy-hospital/about-us/hospital-history |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=HCA Florida Mercy Hospital |language=en-US}}</ref> The Sisters of Mercy established [[Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)|Holy Cross Hospital]] in Fort Lauderdale in 1955. Today, it is Holy Cross Health.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History - Catholic Health Ministries {{!}} Holy Cross Health |url=https://www.holy-cross.com/about-us/history |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=www.holy-cross.com |language=en}}</ref> Saint Mary Parish in 1957 dedicated their new church in Miami; a year later, it would be designated as the Cathedral of Saint Mary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} The Cathedral of St Mary |url=https://www.thecathedralofstmary.org/about-us/history/ |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=www.thecathedralofstmary.org}}</ref>

=== Diocese of Miami === Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Miami on October 7, 1958, naming Auxiliary Bishop [[Coleman Carroll]] from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh|Diocese of Pittsburgh]] as the first [[bishop]] of Miami. On its formation, the new diocese included the 16 southern counties in Florida, with a Catholic population of approximately 200,000.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Miami (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmiam.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>

The [[Cuban Revolution]] in 1959 triggered a wave of Cuban immigration to South Florida, increasing the Catholic population in the region. Carroll established the Catholic Welfare Bureau to assist these immigrants.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Otero |first=Jasmine |title=LibGuides: Operation Pedro Pan / Cuban Children's Program: Historical Overview |url=https://eguides.barry.edu/c.php?g=754119&p=5403148 |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=eguides.barry.edu |language=en}}</ref> St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, the first in Pompano Beach, was dedicated in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: St. Elizabeth of Hungary parish timeline |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_st-elizabeth-of-hungary-60th-parish-timeline |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref> That same year, the first parish in [[Plantation, Florida|Plantation]], Saint Gregory the Great, was erected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Gregory Catholic Parish :: History |url=https://church.saintgreg.org/CatholicChurch.php?pg=History |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=church.saintgreg.org}}</ref>Between 1960 and 1962, the Catholic Welfare Bureau ran a clandestine operation, [[Operation Pedro Pan]], to bring 14,000 Cuban children to South Florida.<ref name=":6" />

=== Archdiocese of Miami ===

==== 1968 to 1970 ==== On March 2, 1968, [[Pope Paul VI]] erected the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg|Dioceses of St. Petersburg]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando|Orlando]], taking eight counties from the Diocese of Miami. At the same time, the pope elevated the Diocese of Miami to the Archdiocese of Miami, naming Carroll as archbishop.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiarchdiocese.org/ip.asp?op=A152500&lg=E|title=Archdiocese of Miami: History - Made an Archdiocese|author=Miami Archdiocese|publisher=Miami Archdiocese|access-date=2007-04-20}}</ref>

During the [[American Civil Rights movement|American Civil Rights Movement]] of the 60's, Carroll was influential in stemming threatened racial riots in Miami. He [[Desegregation in the United States|desegregated]] the Catholic schools in the archdiocese ten years before any other diocese in Florida.<ref name="historybook">{{cite book | last = The Archdiocese of Miami| title =History of the Archdiocese of Miami 1958-2008 | publisher =Editions du Signe | year =2007 | pages = 27| isbn =978-2-7468-1935-1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=The Florida Memory Project| title=Florida Timeline| publisher=The Florida Memory Project| url=http://www.floridamemory.com/Timeline/| access-date=2007-11-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011084612/http://floridamemory.com/Timeline/ | archive-date=2007-10-11}}</ref> Carroll was a co-founder of the Community Relations Board, which worked to "quell waves of misunderstanding, discrimination and discontent which often threatened to flood South Florida's multi-ethnic community."<ref name="historybook" /> Saint Andrew Parish, the first in [[Coral Springs, Florida|Coral Springs]], was erected in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History – Saint Andrew Parish |url=https://www.standrewparish.org/history/ |access-date=2026-02-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 1970 to 2000 === [[File:Mariel Refugees.jpg|thumb|Cuban refugees arriving in Florida during the 1980 [[Mariel boatlift|Mariel boat lift]] (1980) ]] After Carroll died 1977, Paul VI named Bishop [[Edward Anthony McCarthy|Edward McCarthy]] as Miami's archbishop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiarchdiocese.org/ip.asp?op=A153000&lg=El|title=Archdiocese of Miami: History - First Successor|author=Miami Archdiocese|publisher=Miami Archdiocese|access-date=2007-05-26}}</ref><ref name="McCarthy">{{cite web|url=http://www.mccarthyhigh.org/about.html|title=Archbishop McCarthy High School – About Us|author=McCarthy High School|publisher=McCarthy High School|access-date=2007-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428015121/http://www.mccarthyhigh.org/about.html |archive-date=2007-04-28}}</ref> McCarthy oversaw the construction in [[Miami Shores, Florida|Miami Shores]] of the Pastoral Center - Florida Catholic for the archdiocese and restructured most senior operational divisions. He established the Office of [[Lay Ecclesial Ministry]], the Office of [[Evangelization]] and the [[Deacon|permanent diaconate]] program.

In 1980, McCarthy offered support and assistance to Cuban refugees during the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]. The following year, he supported the rights of [[Haiti]]an immigrants who were detained by the [[U.S. Immigration Service|US Immigration Service]] under the [[Wet feet, dry feet policy|Wet Foot, Dry Foot]] policy. Responding to the needs of this new immigration, McCarthy opened the Pierre Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center in Miami.<ref name="McCarthy" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiarchdiocese.org/ip.asp?op=A154500&lg=E|title=Archdiocese of Miami: History - More Exiles|author=Miami Archdiocese|publisher=Miami Archdiocese|access-date=2007-04-19}}</ref> McCarthy retired in 1994.<ref name="anniversary" />

On November 3, 1994, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed Bishop [[John C. Favalora]] of St. Petersburg as the third archbishop of Miami. During his tenure, Favalora built two new high schools and nine grade schools.<ref name="anniversary" />

==== 2000 to present ==== [[File:Abp Thomas Wenski.jpg|thumb|Archbishop Wenski (2014)]] Favalora initiated Vision 2000, a five-year fundraising campaign to support Catholic education and outreach institutions in the archdiocese. Vision 2000 raised $90 million.<ref name="anniversary" /> On July 11, 2003, John Paul II appointed Auxiliary Bishop [[Thomas Gerard Wenski|Thomas Wenski]] of Miami to lead the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando|Diocese of Orlando]].<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web| last=Grossman| first=Cathy Lynn| title=Vacancies Occupy Catholic Church| work=USA Today | date=2003-07-23| url=http://www.snapnetwork.org/news/vatican/vacancies_occupy.htm| access-date=2007-08-16}}</ref><ref name="usatoday2">{{cite news| last=Grossman| first=Cathy Lynn| title=Church vacancies will leave room at the top of dioceses| work=USA Today | date=2003-07-02| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/354000471.html?dids=354000471:354000471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+2%2C+2003&author=Cathy+Lynn+Grossman&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.08&desc=Church+vacancies+will+leave+room+at+the+top+of+dioceses| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719042835/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/354000471.html?dids=354000471:354000471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+2%2C+2003&author=Cathy+Lynn+Grossman&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=D.08&desc=Church+vacancies+will+leave+room+at+the+top+of+dioceses| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 19, 2009| access-date=2007-08-16}}</ref> With substantial immigration of predominantly Catholic South and Central Americans to the South Florida area, the Catholic population reached 25% of the total population of South Florida. Waves of immigrants from other parts of the world, including Asia and Africa, led to priests celebrating mass in over a dozen different languages.<ref name="anniversary" /><ref>{{cite web| last=Florida Trend| title=Population Still Growing| publisher=Trend Magazines Inc.| url=http://www.floridatrend.com/data_article.asp?cName=Florida%20Data&rName=Demographics&whatID=1&aID=452637502.3046781.607204.5270478.2256005.470&aID2=46699| access-date=2007-09-25}}</ref>

In 2009, the Vatican named [[Fernando Isern]] as the next bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo|Diocese of Pueblo]]. He was the 11th archdiocesan priest to become a bishop since 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/1285202.html |title=South Florida priest will become bishop in Colorado |author=Miami Herald Staff Report |date=2009-10-16 |work= Miami Herald }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}</ref>

On April 20, 2010, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepted Favarola's resignation and appointed Bishop [[Thomas Wenski]] of Orlando as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/19/1587593/archbishop-favalora-expected-to.html |title=New Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski has strong ties to South Florida |work=Miami Herald |access-date=2010-06-01 }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On June 1, 2010, Wenski was installed as the fourth archbishop of Miami at the Cathedral of Saint Mary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/01/1657999/thomas-wenski-to-be-installed.html |title=Thomas Wenski becomes new archbishop of Miami |work=Miami Herald |access-date=2010-06-01 }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Wenski in February 2023 offered residences for priests and seminarians who had been expelled from Nicaragua by its government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US archdiocese offers to take in priests exiled from Nicaragua |url=https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/archdiocese-of-miami-offers-to-take-in-priests-exiled-from-nicaragua |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref> The archdiocese in August 2025 celebrated its first mass at [[Alligator Alcatraz]], the immigration detention facility built by the State of Florida in the [[Everglades]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miami Archdiocese celebrates its first Mass at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ |url=https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/miami-archdiocese-celebrates-its-first-mass-at-alligator-alcatraz |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref>

==== Sexual abuse ==== {{Main|Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami}}

==Bishops== ===Bishop of Miami=== # [[Coleman Carroll]] (1958–1968); elevated to [[Archbishop]]

===Archbishops of Miami=== # Coleman Carroll (1968–1977) # [[Edward Anthony McCarthy]] (1977–1994) # [[John Favalora]] (1994–2010) # [[Thomas Wenski]] (2010–present)

===Auxiliary bishops=== * [[Rene Gracida|René Gracida]] (1968–1975), appointed [[Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee|Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee]] and later [[Diocese of Corpus Christi|Bishop of Corpus Christi]] * [[John Nevins]] (1979–1984), appointed [[Diocese of Venice|Bishop of Venice]] * [[Agustin Roman]] (1979–2013) * [[Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey|Norbert Dorsey]] (1986–1990), appointed [[Diocese of Orlando|Bishop of Orlando]] * [[Gilberto Fernández (bishop)|Gilberto Fernandez]] (1997–2002) * [[Thomas Wenski]] (1997–2003), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later [[Diocese of Orlando|Bishop of Orlando]] and Archbishop of Miami * [[Felipe de Jesús Estévez|Felipe Estévez]] (2004–2011), appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Augustine|Bishop of Saint Augustine]] * [[John Gerard Noonan|John Noonan]] (2005–2010), appointed [[Diocese of Orlando|Bishop of Orlando]] * [[John Joseph Fitzpatrick|John Fitzpatrick]] (1968–1971), appointed [[Diocese of Brownsville|Bishop of Brownsville]] * [[Peter Baldacchino]] (2014–2019), appointed [[Diocese of Las Cruces|Bishop of Las Cruces]] * [[Enrique Esteban Delgado]] (2017–present)

===Other priests of the diocese who became bishops=== *[[Ambrose De Paoli]], appointed [[Apostolic Nuncio]] and [[Titular Archbishop]] in 1983 *[[Fernando Isern]], appointed [[Diocese of Pueblo|Bishop of Pueblo]] in 2009 *[[Robert Nugent Lynch]], appointed [[Diocese of Saint Petersburg|Bishop of Saint Petersburg]] in 1995

== Education == [[File:St. Theresa School 2007.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[St. Theresa School (Coral Gables, Florida)|St. Theresa School]], Coral Gables, Florida, (1925)]] [[File:Christopher Columbus High School Miami.jpg|thumb|right|[[Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida)|Christopher Columbus High School]], Miami-Dade County (1958)]] {{see also|List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami}}

=== Schools === As of 2024, the Archdiocese of Miami had an enrollment of 35,000 students in 68 schools and four dedicated pre-schools.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Education |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Office_of_Schools |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref> {|class="wikitable sortable" ! High school ! Opened ! District ! City |- | [[Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School :: Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll |url=https://www.colemancarroll.org/CatholicSchool.php? |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.colemancarroll.org}}</ref> | 1998 | [[The Hammocks, Florida|The Hammocks]] | ''Unincorporated area'' |- | [[Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=McCarthy High School |url=https://www.mccarthyhigh.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=Welcome to Maverick Country! |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1998 | | [[Southwest Ranches, Florida|Southwest Ranches]] |- | [[Belen Jesuit Preparatory School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=An all male preparatory school located in Miami, FL |url=https://www.belenjesuit.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.belenjesuit.org}}</ref> | 1854 | [[Tamiami, Florida|Tamiami]] | Miami |- | [[Cardinal Gibbons High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)|Cardinal Gibbons High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-24 |title=Home - Cardinal Gibbons High School |url=https://www.cghsfl.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.cghsfl.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1961 | | [[Fort Lauderdale]] |- | [[Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart |url=https://www.carrollton.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.carrollton.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1961 | [[Coconut Grove]] | Miami |- | [[Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chaminade–Madonna College Preparatory |url=https://www.cmlions.org/ |access-date=April 26, 2026 |website=Chaminade–Madonna College Preparatory School}}</ref> | 1960 | | [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]] |- | [[Christopher Columbus High School (Miami)|Christopher Columbus High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Christopher Columbus High School |url=https://www.columbushs.com/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.columbushs.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1958 | [[Westchester, Florida|Westchester]] | ''Unincorporated area'' |- | [[Immaculata-LaSalle High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=High School {{!}} Immaculata-La Salle High School {{!}} United States |url=https://www.ilsroyals.com/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=ilsroyals |language=en}}</ref> | 1958 | [[Coconut Grove]] | Miami |- | [[Monsignor Edward Pace High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monsignor Edward Pace High School {{!}} Miami Gardens, FL |url=https://www.pacehs.com/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.pacehs.com}}</ref> | 1961 | | [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]] |- | [[Our Lady of Lourdes Academy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-30 |title=Lourdes Academy |url=https://olla.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=Lourdes Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1963 | | Ponce-Davis |- | [[St. Brendan High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Saint Brendan High School |url=https://www.stbrendanhigh.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.stbrendanhigh.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1975 | Westchester | ''Unincorporated area'' |- | [[St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)|St. Thomas Aquinas High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-26 |title=Home - St. Thomas Aquinas High School |url=https://www.aquinas-sta.org/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=www.aquinas-sta.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | 1936 | | Fort Lauderdale |}

=== Religious education === The archdiocese offers religious education classes for children who attend public or private schools. In 1997, Favalora started requiring all volunteers, employees, teachers and priests working with children to be [[fingerprint]]ed and undergo a background check.<ref name="charteryouth">{{Cite web |author=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |year=2005 |title=Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People |url=http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/charter.shtml |access-date=2007-10-08 |publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops}}</ref>

==== St. Thomas University ==== The Archdiocese of Miami administers [[St. Thomas University (Florida)|St. Thomas University]] in Miami. In 1961, a group of Augustinian priests arrived in Miami after being expelled from Cuba after the [[Cuban Revolution]]. They founded Biscayne College, which the archdiocese took over in 1988 and renamed as St. Thomas University.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Education |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Catholic_Universities |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

==== Barry University ==== In 1940, the Dominican sisters, along with Bishop [[Patrick Barry (bishop)|Patrick Berry]] of St. Augustine, founded [[Barry University|Barry College]] for women in Miami Shores. It became Barry University in 1981<ref name=":2" />

=== Seminaries ===

==== St. John Vianney ==== [[File:St. John Vianney Seminary DSC02746.JPG|thumb|St. John Vianney College Seminary, Miami, Florida (2009)]] [[Saint John Vianney Seminary (Miami)|St. John Vianney College Seminary and Graduate School]] in Miami is sponsored by the archdiocese. It offers a two-year pre-theology program for seminarians with a bachelor's degree. St. John Vianney also offers a [[Bachelor of Philosophy]] program for seminarians lacking a college degree. It also provides language immersion programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.sjvcs.edu/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=St. John Vianney College Seminary |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== St. Vincent de Paul ==== [[St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary]] in Boynton Beach is sponsored by all the Florida dioceses.<ref name="Vincent">{{cite web| last=St. Vincent De Paul Seminary| title=St Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary website| publisher=St. Vincent De Paul Seminary| url=http://www.universities.com/On-Campus/Saint_Vincent_De_Paul_Regional_Seminary.html| access-date=2007-08-16}}</ref><ref name="recruits">{{cite web |last=Arbiteronline.com |title=Catholic Leaders Seek Young Religious Recruits On The Web |url=http://media.www.arbiteronline.com/media/storage/paper890/news/2007/08/30/Biztech/Catholic.Leaders.Seek.Young.Religious.Recruits.On.The.Web-2942827.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720030746/http://media.www.arbiteronline.com/media/storage/paper890/news/2007/08/30/Biztech/Catholic.Leaders.Seek.Young.Religious.Recruits.On.The.Web-2942827.shtml |archive-date=2009-07-20 |access-date=2007-09-25}}</ref>

==== Redemptoris Mater ==== Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary in [[Hialeah, Florida|Hialeah]] is a diocesan seminary whose graduates are assigned by the archbishop to parish or missionary assignments. Its seminarians attend classes at St. John Vianney or St. Vincent de Paul.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Seminaries |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Seminaries |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

== Catholic Charities of Miami == [[File:Providence Place, Fort Lauderdale.jpg|thumbnail|Providence Place, a shelter for women and children, [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] (2007)]] Catholic Charities of Miami is a separate non-profit organization operated by the Archdiocese of Miami. It is part of a national network of Catholic Charities operated in each diocese. In 2007, Catholic Charities of Miami claimed to be the largest nongovernmental provider of services to the needy in South Florida.<ref name="whoweare">{{Cite web |author=Archdiocese of Miami |year=2007 |title=Catholic Charities Who We Are |url=http://www.catholiccharitiesadm.org/who_we_are.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070731135652/http://www.catholiccharitiesadm.org/who_we_are.htm |archive-date=July 31, 2007 |access-date=October 8, 2007 |publisher=Archdiocese of Miami Catholic Charities}}</ref>

Catholic Charities of Miami was founded in 1931 during the [[Great Depression]] with four Miami-area pastors and [[laity|lay]] members of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Charities |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Catholic_Charities |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

== Health == [[File:Saint Elizabeth Gardens 11-16-2007-01.jpg|thumbnail|St. Elizabeth Gardens, [[Pompano Beach, Florida|Pompano Beach]], a senior citizens home (2007)]]

[[Catholic Health Services]] operates 26 facilities in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties for the archdiocese. These included HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami and Holy Cross Health in Ft. Lauderdale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Health & Hospice |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Hospitals |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

Catholic Hospice is a partnership between the archdiocese and Mercy Hospital. It provides end of life care to terminally ill patients and their families in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hospice Services |url=https://www.catholichealthservices.org/hospice/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Catholic Health Services |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Catholic Cemeteries == Catholic Cemeteries operates two cemeteries:

* Our Lady of Mercy – Miami-Dade County * Our Lady Queen of Heaven – Broward County<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Cemeteries |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Cemeteries |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

== Outreach ==

=== Lay movements and ministries === Lay men and women operate over 60 movements and ministries for the archdiocese. The archdiocese also helps support what it terms as [[crisis pregnancy center]]s, along with a post-abortion counseling program through Project Rachel, an anti-abortion initiative of the [[US Conference of Catholic Bishops]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Ministries |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Project_Rachel |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

=== Retreats === [[File:Camillus House Miami FL USA.jpg|thumbnail|Camillus House (2007)]] Morning Star Renewal Center in [[Pinecrest, Florida|Pinecrest]] is a retreat house operated by lay people for the archdiocese. The center provides group retreats and offers spiritual formation activities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} United States {{!}} Morningstar Renewal Center |url=https://www.morningstarrenewal.org/about |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=MorningStar Renewal |language=en}}</ref>

=== Charities === * Camillus House, a homeless shelter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camillus House |url=https://www.camillus.org/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Camillus House |language=en}}</ref> * HIV/AIDS shelter<ref name="hiv">{{cite web| last=What is the Volunteer Friendship Program?| title=Volunteer Friendship Program| publisher=Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami Inc| url=http://volunteerfriendship.org/default.aspx| access-date=2008-12-09| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122021756/http://www.volunteerfriendship.org/default.aspx| archive-date=2008-11-22}}</ref> * Missionaries of Charity of Mother Theresa<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Charities |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Missionaries_of_Charity |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref> * Society of Saint Vincent de Paul<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Charities |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=SVDP |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref> * Social advocacy groups<ref name="directory">{{cite web| last=What We Do| title=Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc. website| publisher=Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc.| url=http://www.catholiccharitiesadm.org/what_we_do.htm| access-date=2008-12-09| archive-url = http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20081024092419/http://www.catholiccharitiesadm.org/what_we_do.htm| archive-date = October 24, 2008}}</ref> The archdiocese promotes support for South Florida charities through an annual "ABCD" - Archbishop's Charities and Development Drive - campaign.<ref>Archdiocese of Miami, [https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_archdiocese-of-miami-bring-hope-to-others-donate-to-the-abcd-2025_E Donate to the ABCD 2025], accessed on 1 February 2025</ref>

== Media ==

=== PAX Catholic Communications === [[Radio Paz]] is a Spanish-language AM station founded in 1990. It is broadcast on WACC 830 AM.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADOM :: Communications |url=https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=PAX |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.miamiarch.org}}</ref>

=== ''Florida Catholic'' === [[File:Florida Catholic Nov. 20, 2007.jpg|thumbnail|right|The ''Florida Catholic'' newspaper]] The archdiocese publishes a localized version of the ''[[Florida Catholic]]'' newspaper every two weeks. Each issue contains a message from the archbishop, spiritual reflections on the scripture readings for the week, news reporting on various events happening around the archdiocese and the world, and a digest of upcoming events featured around the archdiocese among other features. ''Florida Catholic'' is also published online.

''Florida Catholic'' produced a series entitled "Building the City of God", which profiles the personal side of priests. It won a Communicator Award of Distinction for print media "Marketing/Promotion/Campaign".<ref name="building">{{Cite web|url=http://www.miamiarch.org/ip.asp?op=D100000&lg=E|title=Building the City of God|access-date=October 8, 2007|publisher=The Archdiocese of Miami|year=2007|author=The Archdiocese of Miami}}</ref>

=== Content provision === The archdiocese produces English and Spanish masses to air on local television stations, along with content for the Internet and video.<ref>{{cite web| last=Television| title=The Archdiocese of Miami| publisher=miamiarch.org | url=http://www.miamiarch.org/ip.asp?op=B181500&lg=E| access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref>

== References == {{Clear}} {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links == {{commons category|Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami}} * [http://www.miamiarchdiocese.org/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Official Site] ** {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.miamiarchdiocese.org/|title=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Official Site (miamiarchdiocese.org)}} ** {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.archdioceseofmiami.org/|title=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Official Site (archdioceseofmiami.org)}} * [https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Office_of_Schools Archdiocese of Miami Schools] * [https://www.ccadm.org/ Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami] * [http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/ The Florida Catholic Newspaper] * [http://www.catholichealthservices.org/ Catholic Health Services] * [http://www.catholichospice.org/ Catholic Hospice Care] * [https://www.sjvcs.edu/ St. John Vianney Seminary, Miami] * [http://www.svdp.edu/ St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach]

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