Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo
Diocese of Arecibo Dioecesis Arecibensis Diócesis de Arecibo | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Puerto Rico |
| Territory | Half of the northern portion of the island of Puerto Rico[1] |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 833 sq mi (2,160 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 607,000 372,000 (61.3%) |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 30 April 1960 (64 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Daniel Fernández Torres |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M. Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Bishops emeritus | Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Puerto Rico and consists of half of the northern portion of the island of Puerto Rico,[2] a commonwealth of the United States. It is led by Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres. The mother church is the Catedral de San Felipe Apostol located in City of Arecibo.
History
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The See of Arecibo was canonically erected on April 30, 1960 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico.
Bishops
The list of ordinaries (bishops of the diocese) and their terms of service:
- † Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. (1960-1974)
- † Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. (1974-1990)
- Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. (1991-2010)
- Daniel Fernández Torres, (2010–Present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera, appointed auxiliary bishop of San Juan in 1979
- Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales (priest here, 1990–1991), appointed auxiliary bishop of San Juan in 2019
†=Deceased
San Juan bankruptcy
On September 7, 2018,[3] following a similar Puerto Rican Supreme Court ruling, Bankruptcy Judge Edward Godoy that the bankruptcy filed by the Archdiocese of San Juan would also apply to every Catholic Diocese in Puerto Rico, including Arecibo, and that all assets in Puerto Rico's Catholic Church will be seized as credit for the San Juan Archdiocese.[4]
See also
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- 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
References
- ^ Diocese of Arecibo. Accessed 23 March 2019.
- ^ Diocese of Arecibo. Accessed 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbean Business. 7 September 2018.
- ^ https://pasquines.us/2018/09/27/federal-judge-decides-that-bankruptcy-filing-applies-to-all-of-puerto-ricos-roman-catholic-churches/
External links
- Roman Catholic Diocesis of Arecibo (Official Site in Spanish)
- Diocese of Arecibo, gCatholic website
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