Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
| Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico Archidioecesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Puerto Rico | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Northcentral portion of the island of Puerto Rico |
| Ecclesiastical province |
Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 353 sq mi (910 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,281,893 898,218 (70.1%) |
| Parishes | 142 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 8, 1511 (503 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of Divine Providence |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M. |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
Hermín Negrón Santana Titular Bishop of Gegi |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| arqsj.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, comprising the northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States.
History
The See of San Juan de Puerto Rico was canonically erected on August 8, 1511 as the Diocese of Puerto Rico on the island of San Juan, as it was then called. Due to the switch of names between the island and the capital its name was changed on November 21, 1924 to the Diocese of San Juan in Puerto Rico. With the creation of the Diocese of Arecibo on April 30, 1960, San Juan was raised to the status of an archdiocese, with the new Archbishop leading a metropolitan province comprising all the dioceses on the island as suffragan dioceses.
The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the metropolitan see for the Caguas, Fajardo–Humacao, Ponce, Mayagüez and the Arecibo.
The current Archbishop is the Most Reverend Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M.
Ordinaries
The lists of bishops, archbishops and auxiliary bishops and their terms of service:
Bishops
- Alonso Manso (1511–1539)
- Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera (1541–1567)
- Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. (1568–1570)
- Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (1570–1576)
- 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 Balbuena (1620–1627)
- Juan López de Agurto de la Mata (1630–1634)
- Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, O. Carm. (1635–1641)
- Juan Damián López de Haro, O.Ss.T. (1643–1648)[1]
- 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)
- George J. Caruana (1921–1925)
- Edwin Byrne (1929–1943)
- James Peter Davis (1943–1960)
Archbishops
- James Peter Davis, 1960–1964
- Luis Aponte Cardinal Martínez, 1964–1999
- Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M., 1999–present
Auxiliary bishops
- Hermín Negrón Santana, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan
- Héctor Rivera Pérez, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Juan (1979-2009)
High schools
- Academia San José, Guaynabo
- Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, San Juan
- Academia Maria Reina, San Juan
- Academia San Jorge, San Juan
- Colegio Católico Notre Dame, Caguas
- Colegio María Auxiliadora, Carolina
- Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, San Juan
- Colegio San José, San Juan
8Colegio Beato Carlos Manuel Rodríguez , Bayamon
Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
