Episcopal Diocese of Florida
Diocese of Florida Dioecesis Floridensis Diócesis de la Florida | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province IV |
| Statistics | |
| Congregations | 66 (2024) |
| Members | 22,884 (2023) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Established | January 17, 1838 |
| Cathedral | St John's Cathedral |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | sede vacante Scott Benhase (Assistant Bishop) |
| Map | |
Location of the Diocese of Florida | |
| Website | |
| diocesefl.org | |
The Episcopal Diocese of Florida is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). It originally comprised the whole state of Florida, but is now bounded on the west by the Apalachicola River, on the north by the Georgia state line, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the south by the northern boundaries of Volusia, Marion, and Citrus counties. Its cathedral church is St. John's Cathedral in Jacksonville.
Major cities in the diocese are Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Gainesville. The diocese includes the eastern half of Franklin County, and all of the following counties: Liberty, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Hamilton, Suwannee, Dixie, Lafayette, Levy, Gilchrist, Columbia, Baker, Union, Bradford, Alachua, Nassau, Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Putnam and Flagler.
The diocese is a part of Province IV of the Episcopal Church.
The diocese reported 26,053 members in 2017 and 22,884 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the 66 filing congregations of the diocese in 2024 was $23,237,102. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) was 6,218 persons.