Diocese of Orlando Dioecesis Orlandensis | |
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 St. James Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Counties of Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Marion, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk, Sumter |
| Ecclesiastical province | Miami |
| Coordinates | 28°32′43.2″N 81°22′40.11″W / 28.545333°N 81.3778083°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,893[1] km2 (9,611 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 5,064,237 400,923 (8%) |
| Parishes | 80 |
| Schools | 36 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 2, 1968 |
| Cathedral | St. James Cathedral |
| Patron saint | The Virgin Mary[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | John Gerard Noonan |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Wenski |
| Vicar General | John C. Giel |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| orlandodiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Orlando (Latin: Dioecesis Orlandensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Florida in the United States. St. James Cathedral serves as the seat of the diocese. As of 2024, the bishop is John Gerard Noonan.
The Diocese of Orlando is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami.
- ^ "Diocese of Orlando". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ "About Us". Diocese of Orlando, Florida. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
Mary, the Mother of God, is the patroness of the Diocese of Orlando and we seek her intercession so that our efforts to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, form leaders, harmonize ministries and enkindle deeper faith will be blessed by God.