Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola, Diocese of Palm Beach

On October 24, 1984, Bishop Thomas V. Daily, from the Archdiocese of Boston, was named the founding bishop of the newly created Diocese of Palm Beach. The diocese began with 38 parishes serving about 103 thousand Catholics. The Diocese encompasses the five counties of Indian River, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Martin and Palm Beach, consisting of 5,115 square miles with a population of nearly one and one half million people, seventeen percent of which are Catholic. The parishes and missions extend from Boca Raton in the south to Sebastian in the north, from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to Lake Okeechobee on the west. The Diocese of Palm Beach is one of the youngest of the seven Catholic dioceses in Florida, and is served by 111 Diocesan Priests, 11 Extern Priests, 145 Religious Sisters, 17 Seminarians, 30 Religious Priests, 5 Religious Brothers and 44 Permanent Deacons. The Diocese of Palm Beach now serves a population of approximately 259,729 Catholics throughout 5 countie...