Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More (Tallahassee, Florida)

Last updated
Co-Cathedral of
Saint Thomas More
Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More, Tallahassee (cropped).JPG
USA Florida location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
30°26′47.22″N84°17′51.88″W / 30.4464500°N 84.2977444°W / 30.4464500; -84.2977444
Location900 W Tennessee St.
Tallahassee, Florida
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.cocathedral.com
History
Status Co-Cathedral
Dedication Thomas More
Architecture
Groundbreaking December 4, 1965
Completed1967
Specifications
Materials Block & Stucco
Administration
Diocese Pensacola-Tallahassee
Clergy
Bishop(s) William Albert Wack
Rector Father Timothy Holeda

The Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More is a Catholic cathedral located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Along with the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pensacola it is the seat of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. [1] St. Thomas More also provides the Catholic Campus Ministry at Florida State University.

Contents

The Altar Relics of the Co-Cathedral are of Saint Felix and Saint Felicity. [2]

History

Newman Club and early Student Center

The present day parish traces its origin to the 1930s with the Newman Club of the Florida State College for Women that met in the home of Dr. Paul Coughlin. [2] This Catholic student organization would continue after the Florida State College for Women was converted into the current Florida State University (FSU) in 1947; becoming a chapter to the newly formed university. Three years after the formation of FSU, the club acquired the home of Dr. Conradi, located on the corner of Park Avenue and Macomb Street, just to the east of FSU grounds. [2] This home became the first permanent student center for the Newman Club, complete with a live-in house-mother to make the center accessible. [2]

Current grounds

Archbishop Joseph Hurley of St. Augustine (which had jurisdiction over Tallahassee at the time), sought to build a more prominent and official student center-chapel on a hill overlooking the university. Picking the present location, the diocese began purchasing the land plot by plot with the assistance of the Highland Reality Company of Miami and Jesse Warren Esquire. [2] In 1963 preliminary plans for the new Student Center were sent to pastor Patrick Madden of the local parish of the Blessed Sacrament. Ground breaking of the construction took place two years later on December 4, 1965. The chapel was officially dedicated by Bishop Hurley on October 8, 1967. [2]

The chapel status would be short lived, as in 1968, the new Bishop of St. Augustine, Paul Tanner, would elevate it to the status of a student parish, where it would stay for seven years. On October 7, 1975, six days after the formation of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, the parish was made the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Joseph Curley</span> Irish-born prelate

Michael Joseph Curley was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington (1939–1947). He served as the tenth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland (1921–1947) and as bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida (1914–1921).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese at Miami, Florida, United States

The Archdiocese of Miami is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in South Florida in the United States. It is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, which covers all of Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Florida, USA

The Diocese of St. Augustine is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church, located in the northeastern section of Florida in the United States. It includes the cities of St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Gainesville.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando</span> Diocese of the Catholic Church

The Diocese of Orlando 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. The current bishop is John Gerard Noonan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Florida, USA

The Diocese of Palm Beach is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Florida in the United States The patron saint of the diocese is Mary, mother of Jesus, under the title Queen of the Apostles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Florida, USA

The Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee is a Latin Church diocese in the Florida Panhandle region of the United States. The patron saint of the diocese is St. Michael the Archangel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Florida, USA

The Diocese of Saint Petersburg is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Tampa Bay region of Gulf Coast Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. James Cathedral (Orlando, Florida)</span> Church in Florida, United States

St. James Cathedral is a parish church and the seat of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Orlando, John Noonan. The cathedral's patron saint is James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and traditionally considered the first apostle to be martyred. The scallop shell has long been the symbol associated with St. James, and the cathedral uses it as its primary symbol. The parish operates St. James Cathedral School on nearby Robinson Street which offers classes from pre-school through eighth grade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Huston Ricard</span>

John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida from 1997 to 2011 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1984 to 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Pensacola, Florida)</span> Church in Florida, United States

The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, is the seat of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. It shares this distinction with the Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Tallahassee. The cathedral is named in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and is located in Pensacola, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cathedral of Saint Mary (Miami)</span> Church in Florida, United States

The Cathedral of Saint Mary is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami. The cathedral is named for Mary, mother of Jesus, and is located at 7525 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States. Since June 2010, Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski has served as the archbishop of Miami, Rev. Christopher Marino is the cathedral's rector.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victor Galeone</span> Catholic bishop (1935–2023)

Victor Benito Galeone was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida from 2001 to 2011.

Joseph Patrick Hurley was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida from 1940 until his death in 1967.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Episcopal Diocese of Florida</span> Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States

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.

The Ecclesiastical Province of Miami is a Catholic ecclesiastical province covering the U.S. state of Florida. Its metropolitan bishop is the Archbishop of Miami, head of the Archdiocese of Miami. The province additionally includes the suffragan dioceses of Orlando, Palm Beach, Pensacola-Tallahassee, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, and Venice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John M. Smith (bishop)</span> American Roman Catholic prelate (1935–2019)

John Mortimer Fourette Smith was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey from 1997 to 2010. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida from 1991 to 1995 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey from 1987 to 1991

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Keith Symons</span> American Roman Catholic Bishop (resigned 1998)

Joseph Keith Symons is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Symons served as bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach in Florida from 1990 to 1998. Previously, he served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida for several months in 1981, then was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida in October 1981.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gregory Parkes</span>

Gregory Lawrence Parkes is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Parkes has been serving as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida since 2017. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida from 2012 to 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Thomas Aquinas Purdue</span> Church in Indiana, United States

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is the Catholic university parish at Purdue University. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. It is often referred to as "St. Tom's" by parishioners.

References

  1. "Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More". GCatholic. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Silvia, A. (Editor). The History of St. Thomas More Co-Cathedral [Presentation]. Retrieved from http://www.cocathedral.com/history.html