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Auxiliary Bishop
John Nevins |
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Two auxiliary bishops were appointed in 1979 to ease Archbishop McCarthy's workload.
Both were popular diocesan priests:
Auxiliary Bishop John Nevins, a native New Yorker, spent 24 years ministering in
South Florida.
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Auxiliary Bishop
Agustin Roman |
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Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Roman was an exiled priest from Cuba who had become intimately identified with the building of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre. He became the first Cuban priest named to the U.S. hierarchy in 200 years.
By 1983, the Archdiocese numbered about one million Catholics spread over 135 parishes in eight counties. The sheer distances involved made Catholics who lived beyond the Broward County line and on Florida's southwest coast feel neglected. In many other ways,
South Florida, with its crime and refugees, had grown into a place apart.
The long-rumored Archdiocesan split finally took place in July, 1984. Bishop Nevins was appointed to lead the newly-created Diocese of Venice, which includes Collier, Hendry and Glades counties. The Archdiocese also lost Palm Beach and Martin counties to the newly created Diocese of Palm Beach.
In 1986, a new Auxiliary, Bishop Norbert Dorsey, a member of the Passionist Order and a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, was appointed. He served until 1990, when he was appointed Bishop of Orlando, Florida.
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski 
