Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States comprises the northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico, an American commonwealth. It is led by a prelate archbishop which pastors the mother church in the City of San Juan, the Cathedral of San Juan.

The See of San Juan de Puerto Rico was canonically erected on August 8, 1511 as the Diocese of Puerto Rico. On November 21, 1924, its name was changed to the Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. It was elevated to an archdiocese leading a metropolitan province on April 30, 1960.

The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the metropolitan for Caguas, Fajardo–Humacao, Ponce, Mayagüez, Arecibo

The current archbishop is Monsignor Roberto González Nieves.

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  • Alonso Manso (1511-1539)
  • Rodrigo de Bastidas (1541-1567)
  • Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. (1568-1570)
  • Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (1570-1576)
  • Fr. Diego de Salamanca, O.S.A. (1576-1587)
  • Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. (1588-1592)
  • Antonio Calderón de León (1593-1598)
  • Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P. (1600-1609)
  • Francisco Diaz de Cabrera, O.P. (1611-1614)
  • Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. (1614-1619)
  • Bernardo de Valbuena (1620-1627)
  • Juan López de Agurto de la Mata (1630-1634)
  • Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, O. Carm. (1635-1641)
  • Damián Lopez de Haro, O.SS.T. (1643-1648)
  • Hernando de Lobo Castrillo, O.F.M. (1649-1651)
  • Francisco Naranjo, O.P. (1652-1655)
  • Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi (1656-1661)
  • Benito de Rivas, O.S.B. (1663-1668)
  • Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela, O.F.M. (1671-1676)
  • Marcos de Sobremonte (1677-1681)
  • Juan Francisco de Padilla, O. de M. (1684-1693)
  • Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, O.S.Bas. (1704-1705)
  • Pedro de la Concepcion Urtiaga, O.F.M. (1707- 1715)
  • Fernando de Valdivia y Mendoza, O.S.A. (1719-1725)
  • Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.Bas. (1727-1736)
  • Francisco Pérez Lozano, O.S.Bas. (1738-1743)
  • Francisco Placido de Bejar, Monje Basilio (1745)
  • Francisco Julián de Antolino (1748-1752)
  • Pedro Martínez de Oneca (1756-1760)
  • Mariano Martí (1761-1770)
  • Manuel Jiménez Pérez, O.S.B. (1771-1781)
  • Felipe José de Tres-Palacios (1784-1789)
  • Francisco de Cuerda (1790-1795)
  • Juan Bautista de Zengotita, O. de M. (1795-1802)
  • Juan Alejo de Arizmendi (1804-1814)
  • Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo (1815-1824)
  • Pedro Gutierrez de Cos (1826-1833)
  • Francisco Fleix Soláus (1846)
  • Francisco de La Puente, O.P.(1846-1848)
  • Gil Estévez y Tomás (1848-1854)
  • Pablo Benigno Carrion de Málaga, O.F.M. Cap. (1857-1871)
  • Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat, O.F.M. (1874-1894)
  • Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R. (1894-1898)
  • Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.S.A. (1898-1899)
  • James Herbert Blenk, S.M. (1899-1906)
  • William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. (1907-1921)
  • Jorge José Caruana (1921-1925)
  • Edwin Vincent Byrne (1929-1943)
  • James Peter Davis (1943-1964)
  • Monsignor James Peter Davis, 1960-1964, first archbishop
  • Luis Aponte Martínez, 1964-1999, archbishop Emeritus
  • Roberto González Nieves, 1999-present

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