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In 1888, the Jesuits took over the pastoral responsibilities of the parish, after a serious outbreak of yellow fever in Tampa took the lives of three diocesan priests. Using Tampa as their base, the Jesuits were given the responsibility of all of South Florida by Bishop Moore. In 1905, a new Church was constructed in Romanesque style and the ...
The Diocese of St. Petersburg comprises 3,177 square miles (8,230 km 2), encompassing Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus counties. The principal cities are Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. As of 2023, the diocese had a total Catholic population of approximately 500,000, with 280,000 of them registered with the diocese. [2]
It became known as B. Tampa (Bahía Tampa or Tampa Bay) as early as 1576. [18] [19] In 1601, "B. Tampa", corresponding to Tampa Bay, appeared for the first time on a printed map in Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas's Description del Destricto del Audiencia de la Espanola, from his book Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, printed in Madrid. [20]
The Centro Asturiano de La Habana was founded on May 2, 1886, to provide medical assistance, social activities, education, and recreational opportunities. The cigar industry soon established many factories in Tampa that brought a wave of new immigrants from Spain, but especially from Cuba.
Year Location/GPS Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner Image Ceremonial Space: Bob Haozous: 2009 Riverwalk & Fort Brooke Park Stainless steel, brick, rocks: City of Tampa Public Art Program [7] Ode to the Tampa Laborer: Jim Hirshfield & Sonya Ishii 3 locations: Household Finance Corporation Station, Tampa Tribune Station & Cumberland Avenue
Juan Bautista de Zengotita y Bengoa, O. de M. (1795–1802 Died) Juan Alejo de Arizmendi de La Torre (1803–1814 Died) Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle (1815–1825 Confirmed, Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana) Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario (1826–1833 Died) Francisco Fleix y Soláns (1846–1846 Confirmed, Bishop of San ...
The Parroquia del Espíritu Santo y San Patricio (English: Parish Church of the Holy Spirit and Saint Patrick), constructed in 1645, is one of Puerto Rico's oldest Catholic parish churches. It is located in the main plaza of the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico .
It was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1992 as a reference for the development of local catechisms, directed primarily to those (in the church) responsible for catechesis and offered as "useful reading for all other Christian faithful". [2] It has been translated into and published in more than twenty languages worldwide.