![]() They were members there of San Pedro Church until they abandoned that Atlantic coastal site in 1777 and moved north to St. The first mass migration to the New World took place when hundreds of Catholics from Menorca settled in New Smyrna in 1768. Bishops of Santiago de Cuba ministered to Catholics in Florida until 1763, when England acquired Florida from Spain. History Early history įlorida was first part of the Archdiocese of Havana, Cuba, as early as 1606. A spokesperson for the current bishop said in 2019 that he did not consider himself to be bishop of the Moon (or of the International Space Station, also launched from the diocese). If true, the total area of the diocese would be 14,657,051 square miles (37,961,590 km 2), making it the largest Catholic diocese (beating the Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk, at 3,850,000 square miles (10,000,000 km 2)).īorders is reported to have made this claim to Pope Paul VI in 1969 it is unknown whether Pope Paul VI confirmed or rejected the claim, which is required for jurisdiction to actually be granted. William Borders, the first Bishop of the diocese, called himself the "bishop of the Moon", saying that under the then-active 1917 Code of Canon Law, newly explored territory came under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the port of departure, making the Diocese of Orlando responsible for the moon following the flight of Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center. There were 208 priests, 87 religious nuns, and 181 permanent deacons. In 2011, the estimated population of the diocese was approximately 400,923 Catholics. It has two minor basilicas, Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine, which ministers to Catholic tourists, and St. In 2010, the diocese contained 81 parishes, 10 missions, and 37 schools. Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Marion, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk, and Sumter. The Diocese of Orlando encompasses about 9,611 square miles (24,890 km 2) spanning the following counties: The Diocese of Orlando is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami. The current bishop is John Gerard Noonan. James Cathedral serves as the seat of the diocese. 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. (See details: )īoth Christian Prayer and Shorter Christian Prayer are generally available in Catholic book stores in the US.Counties of Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Marion, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk, SumterĢ8☃2′43.2″N 81☂2′40.11″W / 28.545333°N 81.3778083°W / 28.545333 -81.3778083 Shorter Christian Prayer, is a version that contains Morning and Evening Prayer only. This prayerbook uses only the ELLC/ICET versions from the 1970s of the Canticles (Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Benedictus) Te Deum and Doxology. As in Daily Prayer, the Psalm texts are from the 1963 Grail Psalter. ![]() Scripture readings (except Psalms and Canticles) are from the 1970 version of the New American Bible. (See details: )Ĭhristian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours (1976) Catholic Book Publishing Co., NY, is a one-volume edition of the Divine Office, translated by ICEL and approved for liturgical use by the bishops of the US and other English-speaking countries.Ĭhristian Prayer adds original Psalm-prayers composed by ICEL, and other original ICEL prayer texts. Psalms are from the 1963 version of the Grail Psalter. For scripture readings, Daily Prayer uses primarily the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. A new edition was published in 2006, approved for liturgical use in Australia, England-Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and other English speaking countries. Many people who find even the one-volume version daunting may prefer the shorter versions.įollowing is a brief description and publication information for both books.ĭaily Prayer from the Divine Office is a one-volume version of the Divine Office, published by Harper-Collins in the UK. ![]() There are also shorter versions of both books, which include an abbreviated form of Morning and Evening Prayer. Both are one-volume versions of the multi-volume Divine Office and both are of approximately the same size (about 2,000 pages) and format.Įither book may be used for private prayer by English-speaking Catholics but approval for liturgical use in English-speaking countries varies. The two English-language prayer books most used by laity are Christian Prayer and Daily Prayer. Several readers have inquired about books for private recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office). ![]()
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