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Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

John Clement Favalora (born December 5, 1935) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami from 1994 to 2010 and as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1986 to 1989 and as bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida from 1989 to 1994

Biography

Early life

Favalora was born on December 5, 1935, in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he graduated from Jesuit High School in 1954. He studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict, Louisiana and Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Favalora then went to Rome to attend the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical North American College in Rome, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy and History degree.

Priesthood

Favalora was ordained into the priesthood in Rome by Archbishop Martin O’Connor for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on December 20, 1961. After returning to New Orleans, he obtained certification as a secondary school teacher from Xavier University in New Orleans. Subsequently, he attended Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and obtained a Master of Education degree from Tulane University in New Orleans.

Favalora served as assistant pastor of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish in Duson, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1970. In addition to his duties at St. Theresa, Favalora served as vice rector of St. John Vianney Preparatory School in New Orleans in 1964 and, in 1968, was appointed principal. In 1973, Favalora began a six-year stint as pastor of St. Angela Merici Parish in Metairie, Louisiana. In 1979, he was named director of the Office of Vocations. Beginning in 1981, he was appointed rector/president of Notre Dame Seminary, a position he held for the five years before his consecration as bishop.

Bishop of Alexandria

Pope John Paul II appointed Favalora as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria on June 24, 1986. Favalora was consecrated on July 29, 1986, at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria. Archbishop Pio Laghi served as principal consecrator with Archbishop Philip Hannan and Bishop William Friend serving as principal co-consecrators.

Bishop of St. Petersburg

On March 14, 1989, Favalora was appointed by John Paul II as the third bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg. Favalora was installed on May 16, 1989.

Archbishop of Miami

On November 3, 1994, Favalora was appointed by John Paul II as the third archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami. Favarola was installed on December 20, 1994, at the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Miami.

Favalora has served as a board member of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach. He also served as state chaplain and a member of the Knights of Columbus in Florida, in addition to being president of the Florida Catholic Conference. Favalora has been a member of the USCCB committees on Priestly Life and Ministry, Sexual Abuse and Pro-Life issues.

Favalora adopted the USCCB charter for the Protection of Children and Young People after being deposed and settling cases during the sexual abuse scandal in the archdiocese.

Retirement

Pope Benedict XVI accepted Favarola's resignation as archbishop of Miami on April 20, 2010, eight months before he reached the mandatory retirement age of seventy-five.

Episcopal lineage

• Cardinal Scipione Rebiba
• Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio (1566)
• Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio, OP (1586)
• Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale (1604)
• Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1621)
• Cardinal Luigi Caetani (1622)
• Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna (1630)
• Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1666)
• Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
• Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
• Pope Clement XIII (1743)
• Cardinal Marcantonio Colonna (1762)
• Cardinal Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil, CRSP (1777)
• Cardinal Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1788)
• Cardinal Carlo Odescalchi, SJ (1823)
• Cardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro (1828)
• Cardinal Lucido Parocchi (1871)
• Pope Pius X (1884)
• Cardinal Gaetano De Lai (1911)
• Cardinal Raffaele Rossi, OCD(1920)
• Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1933)
• Archbishop Pio Laghi (1969)
• Archbishop John Favalora (1986)

Episcopal succession

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
Archbishops	Coleman Carroll Edward Anthony McCarthy John Favalora Thomas Wenski
Auxiliary bishops	Norbert Dorsey Felipe Estévez Gilberto Fernandez John Fitzpatrick René Gracida John Nevins John Noonan Agustin Roman Thomas Wenski Peter Baldacchino Enrique Esteban Delgado
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary, Miami Parishes Church of the Little Flower, Coral Gables Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Key West St. Dominic Church, Miami Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Miami St. Patrick Catholic Church, Miami Beach Saint Edward Catholic Church, Pembroke Pines
Education	Higher education Barry University St. Thomas University Seminary St. John Vianney College Seminary High schools Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School, The Hammocks Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, Southwest Ranches Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Miami Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School, Hollywood Christopher Columbus High School, Westchester Immaculata-LaSalle High School, Miami Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami Gardens Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami-Dade County St. Brendan High School, Westchester St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale Closed Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, Miami Grade schools St. Anthony School, Fort Lauderdale St. Theresa School, Coral Gables Saint Mary's Cathedral School, Miami St. Patrick Catholic School, Miami Beach
Priests	Ambrose Battista De Paoli Fernando Isern Robert Nugent Lynch
Miscellany	Academy of the Assumption Catholic Health Services Florida Catholic
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg
Bishops	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin William Thomas Larkin John Favalora Robert Nugent Lynch Gregory Parkes
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle Abbey Saint Leo Abbey Parishes Sacred Heart Church, Tampa St. Patrick Church, Tampa
Education	Higher education Saint Leo University High schools Academy of the Holy Names, Tampa Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, Hudson Clearwater Central Catholic High School, Clearwater Jesuit High School, Tampa St. Petersburg Catholic High School, St. Petersburg Tampa Catholic High School, Tampa
Priests	Laurence Higgins David Toups
Other	Saint Louis Catholic Cemetery Holy Name Monastery Florida Catholic
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana
Ordinaries	Bishops of Natchitoches Augustus Marie Martin Francis Xavier Leray Anthony Durier Cornelius Van de Ven Bishops of Alexandria in Louisiana Cornelius Van de Ven Daniel Francis Desmond Charles Pasquale Greco Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves William Benedict Friend John Clement Favalora Sam Gallip Jacobs Ronald Paul Herzog David Talley Robert W. Marshall
Churches	Cathedral St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Alexandria Parishes Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Natchitoches
Education	High schools Holy Savior Menard Central High School, Alexandria St. Joseph High School, Plaucheville St. Mary's High School, Natchitoches
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See also

• Biography
• Catholicism
• Florida

• Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops in the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of popes, patriarchs, primates, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. ^ "Florida Catholic Conference – Archbishop Favalora". Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
2. "Florida Catholic Conference – Archbishop Favalora". Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
3. "Bishop John Favalora, 9th Bishop of Alexandria". Diocese of Alexandria. April 21, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
4. "Jesuit High School – New Orleans, LA". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
5. ^ "Archbishop John C. Favalora – Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved May 26, 2007.
6. "St. Petersburg Times – Bishop's legacy: humility, inclusion". Retrieved May 26, 2007.
7. "Prior Bishops". Diocese of Saint Petersburg. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
8. "Archdiocese of Miami: Archbishop John C. Favalora". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
9. "Florida Catholic Conference – Archbishop Favalora". Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2007.

External links

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami

• 1935 births
• Living people
• 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States
• 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States
• Roman Catholic archbishops of Miami
• Jesuit High School (New Orleans) alumni
• Notre Dame Seminary alumni
• Clergy from New Orleans
• Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
• Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Petersburg
• Roman Catholic bishops of Alexandria
• Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans
• Catholic University of America alumni
• Catholic University of America trustees
• Tulane University alumni
• Xavier University of Louisiana alumni