Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diocese of Caguas

Dioecesis Caguana

Diócesis de Caguas
Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas, PR.jpg
Coat of arms
Location
Country Puerto Rico
TerritorySoutheast portions of Puerto Rico
Ecclesiastical provinceSan Juan de Puerto Rico
Statistics
Area492 sq mi (1,270 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2013)
643,000
503,000 (78.2%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4 November 1964 (57 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús
Patron saintMaría, Madre de la Iglesia (Mary, Mother of the Church)
Secular priests43
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEusebio Ramos Morales
Metropolitan ArchbishopRoberto González Nieves, O.F.M.
Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Bishops emeritusEnrique Manuel Hernández Rivera
Map
Porto Rico - Diocesi di Caguas.png
Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús

The Diocese of Caguas (Latin: Dioecesis Caguana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean, consisting of the southeastern portions of Puerto Rico in the United States. The diocese is led by Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales whose seat is the mother church in the City of Caguas, Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús (Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Jesus). The cathedral was built as a parish church in the 19th century.

The See of Caguas was canonically erected on November 4, 1964 and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, of which it was previously a part. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Naranjito, Barranquitas, Comerío, Aguas Buenas, Caguas, Gurabo, Aibonito, Cidra, Cayey, San Lorenzo, Juncos, Las Piedras, Yabucoa, and Maunabo.[1]

Bishops[]

Ordinaries

Auxiliary Bishops

  • † (1965-1968); resigned

†= Deceased

San Juan Bankruptcy and seizure of assets[]

On September 7, 2018,[2] following a similar ruling by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, US Bankruptcy Judge Edward Godoy ruled that the bankruptcy filed by the Archdiocese of San Juan would also apply to every other Puerto Rican Catholic Diocese, including Caguas, and that assets would be seized from the Puerto Rican Catholic Church.[3]

See also[]

  • Caguas, Puerto Rico
  • Catholic Church by country
  • Catholic Church in the United States
  • Global organisation of the Catholic Church
  • Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
  • 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

References[]

  1. ^ Diocesis de Ponce. Accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbean Business. 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ Linguistics, About The Author Darmy Cortes Darmy Cortés Serra is an undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico pursuing a degree in; Pasquines, Communication She is a Puerto Rican Affairs Correspondent at (27 September 2018). "Federal judge decides that bankruptcy filing applies to all of Puerto Rico's Roman Catholic churches".

External links[]

Coordinates: 18°14′03″N 66°02′03″W / 18.23417°N 66.03417°W / 18.23417; -66.03417


Stub icon

This Puerto Rico–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""