Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao Dioecesis Faiardensis-Humacaensis Diócesis de Fajardo-Humacao |
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Catedral Santiago Apostol |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | East and Northeast portions of the island of Puerto Rico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
Metropolitan | Fajardo, Puerto Rico |
Statistics | |
Area | 221 sq mi (570 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2008) 293,000 97,869 (33.4%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 March 2008 (3 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santiago Apostol |
Co-cathedral | Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Benedict XVI |
Archbishop | Eusebio Ramos Morales |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M. Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and consists of part east and the northeast of the island of Puerto Rico, an American commonwealth.The diocese is led by Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales. The motherchurch is Cathedral Santiago Apóstol in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
The See of Fajardo-Humacao was canonically erected on May 11, 2008 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico.