Florida Catholic

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Florida Catholic
The Florida Catholic Newspaper
The Florida Catholic Newspaper
Type 38 times a year newspaper
Format
Owner Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Miami
Publisher Bishop Thomas Wenski
Editor-in-Chief Denise O'Toole Kelly
Founded 1939[1]
Language English
Price $20 per year
Headquarters Orlando, Florida
Circulation 138,080
ISSN 0746-4584
Website: http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/

The Florida Catholic newspaper is the official news organization for six of the seven dioceses in the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami. Based in Orlando, FL, the newspaper publishes, 38 times a year, editions that include local, state, national and international Catholic news. Circulation in the six dioceses totals 138,080.[2]

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. An online version of the newspaper offers the most recent edition as well as an archive of past articles and bishop's messages.[3]

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[edit] History

The paper was first published in St, Augustine in 1939. It moved to Orlando about 1952.[4]

In 1990, the paper absorbed The Voice published by the Archdiocese of Miami and began serving that area.[5]

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.[6] This resulted in an abbreviated publishing schedule for several years until losses could be recouped.

[edit] Editors

  1. Father David Page 1965-1990[7]
  2. Henry Libersat 1990-1999[8]
  3. Steven Paradis 1999-2003[6]
  4. Denise O'Toole Kelly 2003- [9]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Poynter.org accessed March 14, 2008
  2. ^ http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:HsX9x1sSyXQJ:www.catholicstandard.org/images/national.pdf+circulation+%22Florida+Catholic%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us accessed September 27, 2007
  3. ^ US Catholic Newspapers. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  4. ^ Newspapers accessed March 14, 2008
  5. ^ Non-current Catholic newspapers accessed March 14, 2008
  6. ^ a b Orlando Sentinel accessed March 14, 2008
  7. ^ Tomaselli (March 14-20, 2008). Priests will be honored at chrism Mass. Florida Catholic. 
  8. ^ Florida Catholic Conference accessed March 14, 2008
  9. ^ Hard to verify. Not known if there was intervening editor. Title apparently changed.

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