The Archdiocese of Miami ( la, Archidioecesis Miamiensis, es, Arquidiócesis de Miami, ht, Achidyosèz Miami) is a
particular church of the
Catholic Church
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in the United States of America. Its ecclesiastical territory consists of
Broward,
Miami-Dade and
Monroe counties in the U.S. state of
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
. The
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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is the
metropolitan see
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for the
Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, which covers Florida. The
archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
is
Thomas Wenski
Thomas Gerard Wenski (born October 18, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Miami by Pope Benedict XVI on April 20, 2010 and was installed on June 1, 2010. He previously served as Bishop of ...
. As archbishop, he also serves as
pastor
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of the
Cathedral of Saint Mary, the mother church of the archdiocese. Also serving are 258
priests
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, 133 permanent
deacons, 41
religious brothers and 204
religious sisters who are members of various
religious institute
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s.
These priests, deacons and persons religious serve a Catholic population in South Florida of 475,774 in 109
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
es and missions.
Because of the vast number of immigrants,
Mass
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is offered in at least a dozen languages in parishes throughout the archdiocese.
Educational institutions consist of two schools for the disabled, 60 elementary/middle schools, 13 high schools, two universities,
and two seminaries.
Radio, print, and television media outlets owned and operated by the archdiocese supplement teaching, communication, and ministries.
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Several social service organizations are operated by the archdiocese which include two hospitals, nine health care centers, three homes for the aged, and two cemeteries.
Charities include homeless shelters, legal services for the poor, an HIV/AIDS ministry, and the
Missionaries of Charity and
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP or SVdP or SSVP) is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1833 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor.
Innumerable Catholic parishes have ...
ministries to the poor.
Catholic Charities
The Catholic Church operates numerous charitable organizations.
Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spir ...
of the Archdiocese of Miami is a separate non-profit organization operated by the archdiocese. It claims to be the largest non-governmental provider of social services to the needy in
South Florida
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.
History
Before 1952, the entire State of Florida was under the jurisdiction of one diocese, the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Augustine. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Saint Augustine bishop
Joseph Patrick Hurley purchased land throughout South Florida in anticipation of a future population boom. Today, these once remote areas are thriving cities. Dozens of Catholic churches, schools and cemeteries built on the land purchased by Hurley dot these areas.
The Diocese of Miami was created on October 7, 1958, with
Coleman Carroll
Coleman Francis Carroll (February 9, 1905 – July 26, 1977) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop (later archbishop) of Miami from 1958 until his death in 1977.
Biography
Coleman Carroll was born in Pittsbur ...
installed as
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
. The diocese included the 16 southern counties in Florida, with a Catholic population of 200,000. It encompassed one half of the area of the state. Less than a year after the creation of the diocese,
Fidel Castro
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came to power in
Cuba
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. This set off a mass exodus of
Cuban exiles to South Florida, increasing church membership in the region. The Catholic Welfare Bureau, created by Carroll, played a significant part in helping these waves of Cuban immigrants. Between 1960 and 1962, 14,000 Cuban children were sent to the United States.
Operation Pedro Pan
Operation Peter Pan (or Operación Pedro Pan) was a clandestine exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors ages 6 to 18 to the United States over a two-year span from 1960 to 1962. They were sent after parents feared that Fidel Castro and ...
, created by Monsignor
Bryan O. Walsh
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Facilities and structur ...
, placed them with friends, relatives or the Catholic Welfare Bureau. In 1996, the Catholic Welfare Bureau changed its name to Catholic Charities. Today it claims to be the largest non-governmental provider of social services in South Florida. It served over 17,000 families in the tri-county area of Broward, Dade and Monroe counties in 2006.
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Due to an increased population, the diocese was divided in 1968. Eight counties became part of the
Diocese of St. Petersburg and the new
Diocese of Orlando. Miami was made an archdiocese by
Pope Paul VI
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, and was named Metropolitan See for all of Florida. Carroll became an archbishop on March 2, 1968.
He participated in the church reforms of
Vatican II as one of the Council Fathers.
During the civil rights struggles of the 60's, Carroll was influential in stemming threatened racial riots in Miami and in desegregating Catholic schools roughly 10 years before the rest of the State.
He became a 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."
Upon the death of Carroll on July 26, 1977, Bishop
Edward Anthony McCarthy
Edward Anthony McCarthy (April 10, 1918 – June 7, 2005) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 1977 to 1994. He previously served as bishop of the Di ...
was appointed as Miami's archbishop.
McCarthy oversaw the construction of the Pastoral Center for the archdiocese and restructured most senior operational divisions. He established the Office of
Lay Ecclesial Ministry
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, the Office of
Evangelization
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Christians who specialize in evangelism are often known as evangelists, whether they are i ...
and the
Permanent Diaconate
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program. In 1980, he offered support and assistance during the
Mariel Boat Lift. The following year, he supported the rights of
Haiti
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an immigrants who were detained under the
Wet Foot, Dry Foot policy. Responding to the needs of this new immigration, he opened the
Pierre Toussaint
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Haitian Catholic Center.
McCarthy retired in 1994 at the required age of 75.
On November 3, 1994,
Pope John Paul II
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appointed John C. Favalora as the third archbishop of Miami. During his tenure, he built two new high schools and nine grade schools. Favalora also initiated the Vision 2000 campaign, a five-year fundraising campaign that created an
endowment
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fund to support Catholic education and outreach institutions in the archdiocese. The effort raised $90 million.
On July 11, 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Miami auxiliary bishop
Thomas Gerard Wenski to lead the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando
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.
With substantial immigration of predominantly Catholic South and Central Americans to the South Florida area, the Catholic population there is 25% of the total population. Waves of immigrants from other parts of the world, including Asian and African countries, have led to Mass being celebrated in over a dozen different languages in parishes throughout the archdiocese.
In 2009, Father
Fernando Isern
Fernando Isern (born September 22, 1958) is a Cuban-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Formerly a pastor and high school president in the Archdiocese of Miami, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Pueblo in Colorado from 2009 to 2013.
...
, of Our Lady of Lourdes, Kendall, was named the next bishop of
Pueblo. He is the 11th priest from the archdiocese to be so designated since its creation in 1958.
On April 20, 2010,
Pope Benedict XVI
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accepted the resignation of Archbishop
John Favalora eight months early and appointed Bishop
Thomas Wenski
Thomas Gerard Wenski (born October 18, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Miami by Pope Benedict XVI on April 20, 2010 and was installed on June 1, 2010. He previously served as Bishop of ...
of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando
The Diocese of Orlando ( la, Dioecesis Orlandensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Florida. It encompasses about spanning Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Marion, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk, and Su ...
as his successor. On June 1, 2010, Archbishop Wenski was installed as the fourth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami at the Cathedral of Saint Mary.
On March 15, 2019, Homestead priest Jean Claude Jean-Philippe was arrested on charges of drugging and raping a female parishioner who he invited to his home the previous October.
Bishops
Archbishops of Miami
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Coleman Carroll
Coleman Francis Carroll (February 9, 1905 – July 26, 1977) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop (later archbishop) of Miami from 1958 until his death in 1977.
Biography
Coleman Carroll was born in Pittsbur ...
(1958–1977), elevated to
Archbishop
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in 1968
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Edward Anthony McCarthy
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(1977–1994)
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John Favalora (1994–2010)
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Thomas Wenski
Thomas Gerard Wenski (born October 18, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Miami by Pope Benedict XVI on April 20, 2010 and was installed on June 1, 2010. He previously served as Bishop of ...
(2010–present)
Auxiliary Bishops
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René Gracida (1968–1975), appointed
Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee and later
Bishop of Corpus Christi
*
John Nevins
Bishop John Joseph Nevins (January 19, 1932 – August 26, 2014) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 1979 to 1984 and as the first bishop of the new ...
(1979–1984), appointed
Bishop of Venice
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*
Agustin Roman
Agustín Aleido Román Rodríguez (May 5, 1928 – April 11, 2012) was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and the Titular Bishop of Sertei.
Early life and education
His parents were Rosendo Román and Juana M. Ro ...
(1979–2013)
*
Norbert Dorsey
Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. (December 13, 1929 – February 21, 2013) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an Auxiliary Bishop, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida (1986–1990) and as the thir ...
(1986–1990), appointed
Bishop of Orlando
*
Gilberto Fernandez (1997–2002)
*
Thomas Wenski
Thomas Gerard Wenski (born October 18, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Miami by Pope Benedict XVI on April 20, 2010 and was installed on June 1, 2010. He previously served as Bishop of ...
(1997–2003), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later
Bishop of Orlando and Archbishop of Miami
*
Felipe Estévez (2004–2011), appointed
Bishop of Saint Augustine
*
John Noonan (2005–2010), appointed
Bishop of Orlando
*
John Fitzpatrick (1968–1971), appointed
Bishop of Brownsville
*
Peter Baldacchino
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(2014–2019), appointed
Bishop of Las Cruces
*
Enrique Esteban Delgado
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(2017–present)
Other priests of the diocese who became bishops
*
Ambrose De Paoli, appointed
Apostolic Nuncio and
Titular Archbishop in 1983
*
Fernando Isern
Fernando Isern (born September 22, 1958) is a Cuban-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Formerly a pastor and high school president in the Archdiocese of Miami, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Pueblo in Colorado from 2009 to 2013.
...
, appointed
Bishop of Pueblo in 2009
*
Robert Nugent Lynch, appointed
Bishop of Saint Petersburg in 1995
Education
Schools
As of 2008, the Archdiocese of Miami provides a
parochial school
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education to almost 40,000 students in 60 elementary/middle schools, 13 high schools and two non-residential schools for the disabled located throughout
Broward,
Miami-Dade and
Monroe counties.
The high schools supported by the archdiocese are:
The archdiocese offers religious education classes in all of its 111 parishes for children who attend public and other non-religious schools. According to the 2007 Official Catholic Directory, there were 95,837 students enrolled in these classes.
This same source lists as teachers 2760
laity
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In both religious and wider secular usage, a layperson ...
, 58 religious sisters, and 43 priests and religious brothers.
Religious education classes are also offered to adults throughout the archdiocese. In 1997, Archbishop Favalora adopted a policy requiring all volunteers, employees, teachers and priests to be fingerprinted and have a background check before they could work with children. Several years later, this policy was enshrined and adopted by all U.S. Bishops in the Charter for Protection of Young People.
Universities
The Archdiocese of Miami oversees and administers the Catholic university of
St. Thomas University in Miami. St. Thomas University offers Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master's degree, Master of Business Administration, M.Acc., Doctor of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy programs through its college and various schools. It offers several joint degree programs and an accelerated B.A./
J.D. as well. The School of Law at St. Thomas was fully accredited by the American Bar Association in February 1995, and offers the Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) as well as the Masters of Law (LL.M).
Seminaries
St. John Vianney College Seminary and
St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary serve priestly formation needs. Candidates to the Catholic priesthood must have a college degree plus another four to five years of seminary formation. This formation includes not only academic classes but also human, spiritual and pastoral education. St. John Vianney Seminary, which is located in Miami, states as its fundamental purpose "to provide an undergraduate education for students whose stated objective is to serve the Catholic Church as priests", but it also offers education to lay ministers and to "others who may be enriched by its services".
St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, located in Boynton Beach, offers a master's degree in Theology and Theological Studies and a First Professional Degree in Divinity and Ministry. Priests serving in the Archdiocese of Miami are required to speak both Spanish and English, and these two seminaries are the only bilingual seminaries in the United States. As of August 2007, there are 126 seminarians in priestly formation at both seminaries.
On Thursday, December 15, 2011 The Redemptoris Mater Seminary of the Archdiocese of Miami was erected, with the signing of the decree and the canonical and civil documents. Located in Hialeah, Florida, is a Diocesan seminary where the seminarians once ordained, will be at the disposal of the Archbishop for internal or missionary assignments. Currently, there are 20 seminarians, all studying for the Archdiocese of Miami, who follow classes either in St. John Vianney College Seminary or St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami is a separate non-profit organization operated by the Archdiocese of Miami. It is part of a national network of organizations that are operated in each U.S. diocese. This organization claims to be the largest nongovernmental provider of services to the needy in South Florida.
It began in 1931 during the
Great Depression
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with four Miami-area pastors and
lay
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members of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. It employs over 600 staff and operates on an annual budget of over $38 million. In 2006, it served over 17,000 families in the tri-county area of Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.
Some of these services include transitional housing, homeless shelters, elderly day care, child day care, addiction recovery, HIV/AIDS programs, family and school counseling, meals for the elderly and various immigrant and refugee help programs among others.
Catholic Health Services
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Archdiocese of Miami
Catholic Health Services operates 26 facilities in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. According to the 2007 Archdiocese of Miami Official Catholic Directory, the two Catholic hospitals, Mercy Hospital in Miami and Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, served 1,278,516 people; three CHS health care centers served 7,896; three homes for the aged assisted 2,578 senior citizens; two residential care centers for children served 376; seven day-care centers served 1,885; two specialized homes assisted 383; twelve special centers for social services served 81,320; and eleven other institutions served 1,432 people in 2007.
Catholic Hospice Care is a partnership between the Archdiocese of Miami and Mercy Hospital. It provides end of life care to terminally ill patients and their families throughout Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Catholic Health Services also operates two Catholic cemeteries, Our Lady Queen of Heaven in Broward County and Our Lady of Mercy in Miami-Dade.
Outreach
Lay movements and ministries
Over 60 movements and ministries are run by laity (those who are not ordained priests or religious brothers and sisters), "There may be hundreds more ..." according to Miami auxiliary bishop
Felipe Estevez. There are 17 categories of ministries listed under the archdiocese Office of
Lay Apostolate are: Airport Ministry,
Apostleship of the Sea
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, Ascending Life, Campus ministry,
Charismatic Renewal
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The Renewal has been described as a "current of grace". It began in 1967 when Cath ...
,
Courage Ministry ("Ministry to Persons With Same-Sex Attraction"), Council of Catholic Women,
Cursillo
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, Family Life,
Knights of Columbus, Lay ministry, Lay movements, Marian movements, Missions, Prison ministry, Respect Life, and Youth Ministries. Some other lay movements and ministries include various prayer and support groups, an Emmaus, and groups which provide worship, social and religious formation for men, women and teenagers. Some parishes provide groups for single Catholics, divorced or separated people, drug and alcohol addiction help, learning Spanish or English as a second language and parish outreach services to the poor and needy through parish pantries and need-specific donor drives.
The archdiocese also supports, in conjunction with other Christian communities, two
anti-abortion
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crisis pregnancy center
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s which provide aid to pregnant women and encourage them not to have abortions. A post-abortion counseling program called Project Rachel is also provided.
Retreats
![Camillus House Miami FL USA](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Camillus_House_Miami_FL_USA.jpg)
Morning Star Renewal Center is a retreat house operated by lay people with the support of the archdiocese. The center provides facilities for group retreats and offers spiritual formation activities year round. Facilities include a 60 guest capacity, a conference room, a chapel, and overnight and cafeteria accommodations.
Charities
Several Charities are run by the archdiocese and staffed by both employees and volunteers. These include
Camillus House,
Catholic Legal Services,
an HIV/AIDS shelter,
the Missionaries of Charity,
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul,
and social advocacy groups.
Media
The archdiocese uses several types of media to fulfill its evangelization efforts:
Radio ministry
Radio Paz
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History
The station went on the air as WTIW on Nove ...
is a Spanish-language radio ministry of the Archdiocese of Miami founded in December 1990. In South Florida, it is broadcast on WACC 830 AM.
Radio Peace
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Radio Peace is broadcast over South Florida
South Florida is the ...
—the sister station of Radio Paz—is an English-language radio ministry founded in January 1993 and broadcast on WLVJ 1040 AM. These stations also broadcast over the Internet at RadioPeace.org.
The stations were founded by Archdiocese of Miami priest Fr. Federico Capdepon, who envisioned a radio station "to respond to the call of Pope John Paul II to evangelize through the media."
Newspaper
![Florida Catholic Nov](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Florida_Catholic_Nov._20%2C_2007.jpg)
A localized version of the ''
Florida Catholic
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'' newspaper is published 26 times a year. 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. The newspaper is also published online. A series produced for the Miami edition entitled "Building the City of God" which profiles the personal side of priests won a Communicator Award of Distinction for print media "Marketing/Promotion/Campaign".
Television
One part of Communications office of the archdiocese is television and video production. English and Spanish masses air Sundays on local television stations. Additionally, the television center produces content for the internet and video. One video, entitled "Walking in the Light of Christ," received a Videographer Award of Excellence from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
See also
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Catholic Church by country
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Catholic Church hierarchy
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History of Miami
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List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
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List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
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Sexual abuse scandal in Miami archdiocese
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Timeline of Miami, Florida history
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19th century
* 1870 – William Brickell establishes a trading post on the south side of the Miami River.
* 1880 – Population: coun ...
References
External links
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Official Site**
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Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
1958 establishments in Florida