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{{Short description|Catholic newspaper based in Florida}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name                = Florida Catholic
| image               = Florida Catholic Nov. 20, 2007.jpg
| image_size          = 250px
| caption             = The ''Florida Catholic'' newspaper, Miami Archdiocese edition
| type                = Orlando, Palm Beach and Venice dioceses editions: 24 times a year. Miami Archdiocese: 12 times a year [[newspaper]]
| format              = 
| foundation          = 1939<ref>[http://poynter.org/resource/public/20040930_150014_27459.pdf Poynter.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312214141/http://poynter.org/resource/public/20040930_150014_27459.pdf |date=2008-03-12 }} accessed March 14, 2008</ref>
| ceased publication  = 
| price               = $26 per year
| owners              = Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Miami
| publisher           = Bishop [[Gerald Barbarito]] of Palm Beach; Bishop [[John Gerard Noonan]] of Orlando; Bishop [[Frank Joseph Dewane]] of Venice
| editor              = 
| chiefeditor         = 
| assoceditor         = 
| staff               = 
| language            = [[English language|English]]
| political           = 
| circulation         = 
| headquarters        = [[Orlando, Florida]]
| ISSN                = 0746-4584
| website             = [http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/ www.thefloridacatholic.org]
}}
The '''''Florida Catholic''''' is the official newspaper for four of the seven dioceses in the Catholic [[Ecclesiastical Province of Miami]]. Based in Orlando, Florida, the newspaper publishes 48digital  issues a year in three dioceses; these editions include local, state, national and International Catholic news. The Miami Archdiocese and the Palm Beach Diocese editions are also published/printed once a month with local content.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicstandard.org/images/national.pdf |title=National list |website=catholicstandard.org |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040329091003/http://www.catholicstandard.org/images/national.pdf|access-date=September 27, 2007|archive-date= 2004-03-29}}</ref>

Other articles discuss faith issues and highlight specific schools, ministries or parish activities. The bishop of each Florida diocese offers a personal message to subscribers in their diocese on current events or faith subjects. A weekly online version of the newspaper (e-edition) offers the most recent edition as well as an archive of past articles and bishops' messages.<ref>{{cite web | title =US Catholic Newspapers | url =http://www.catholicnewspapers.com/#Florida | access-date = 2007-08-16 }}</ref>

==History==
The paper was first published as a weekly in Miami in 1939. It moved to St. Augustine in 1942. It moved to Orlando about 1952.<ref>[http://www.rc.net/philadelphia/pahrc/newspapers.html Newspapers] accessed March 14, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803231124/http://www.rc.net/philadelphia/pahrc/newspapers.html |date=August 3, 2008 }}</ref> In 1958, it was replaced in the Miami Archdiocese by ''The Voice'', for the next 32 years.<ref name="fc090102">{{cite book |title = The Florida Catholic Timeline | publisher = The Florida Catholic | date = January 2–16, 2009}}</ref>

In 1959, the paper moved to the [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] suburb of [[Winter Park, Florida|Winter Park]].<ref name="fc090102"/>

In 1972, the paper changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.<ref name="fc090102"/>

In 1984, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee|Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee]] began publishing their own version of the newspaper.<ref name="fc090102"/>

In 1990, the ''Florida Catholic'' absorbed ''The Voice'' published by the Archdiocese of Miami and began serving that area. The addition of Miami gave the paper a circulation of 140,000, serving six out of the seven dioceses in the state.<ref>[http://www.library.nd.edu/current_periodicals/catholic.shtml Non-current Catholic newspapers] accessed March 14, 2008</ref>

In 1993, specific local sections were generated for each diocese.<ref name="fc090102"/>

In 2003, it was discovered that a bookkeeper had embezzled money totaling a large sum over decades. The bookkeeper was charged with grand theft and the editor felt obliged to resign.<ref name=orlemb>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8616706_ITM Orlando Sentinel] accessed March 14, 2008</ref> This resulted in an abbreviated publishing schedule for several years until losses could be recouped.

In 2004, the Catholic Press Association selected the paper to receive the Bishop [[John England (bishop)|John England]] Award for First Amendment rights, freedom of the press and/or freedom of religion.<ref name="fc090102"/>

In 2008, the paper was published for the final time in the St. Petersburg Diocese. It began production of a new publication for that diocese, ''Gathered, Nourished, Sent''.<ref name="fc090102"/>

In 2012, the paper added a digital e-Edition subscription which combines content from three dioceses (Orlando, Palm Beach and Venice), and began a social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.<ref name="fc090102"/>

==Associate Publisher==
#Father Vincent Smith ?-1965<ref name="fc090102"/>
#Father David Page 1965-1990<ref>{{cite book | author = Tomaselli |title = Priests will be honored at chrism Mass | publisher = Florida Catholic | date = March 14–20, 2008}}</ref>
#Henry Libersat 1990-1999<ref>[http://www.flacathconf.org/Publications/Archives/Tahopinions/1999/Cajn99cl.htm Florida Catholic Conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511211534/http://www.flacathconf.org/Publications/Archives/Tahopinions/1999/Cajn99cl.htm |date=2008-05-11 }} accessed March 14, 2008</ref>
#Steven Paradis 1999-2003<ref name="orlemb"/>
#Christopher Gunty 2003–2008 
#Denise O'Toole Kelly 2008-2009 <ref>Hard to verify. Not known if there was intervening editor. Title apparently changed.</ref>
#Mary St. Pierre 2009–2010
#Ann Borowski-Slade 2008–Present

== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.thefloridacatholic.org ''Florida Catholic'' official website]
*[http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00079916 ''Florida Catholic''] historical issues freely available through the [[Florida Digital Newspaper Library]]

{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida}}

[[Category:Catholic newspapers published in the United States]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Augustine]]
[[Category:Orange County, Florida]]
[[Category:Christianity in Orlando, Florida]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Florida]]
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