Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas
Diocese of Caguas Dioecesis Caguana Diócesis de Caguas | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Puerto Rico |
| Territory | Southeast portions of Puerto Rico |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 492 sq mi (1,270 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 643,000 503,000 (78.2%) |
| Parishes | 34 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4 November 1964 (59 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús |
| Patron saint | María, Madre de la Iglesia (Mary, Mother of the Church) |
| Secular priests | 43 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Eusebio Ramos Morales |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M. Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Bishops emeritus | Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera |
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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
- † Rafael Grovas Felix (1965-1981 Retired)
- Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (1981-1998 Resigned)
- Ruben González Medina, C.M.F. (2000–2016 Appointed, Bishop of Ponce)
- Eusebio Ramos Morales (2017-current)
Auxiliary Bishops
- † Antulio Parrilla Bonilla (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
- ^ Diocesis de Ponce. Accessed 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbean Business. 7 September 2018.
- ^ 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".
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External links
- Diócesis de Caguas[dead link] (Official Site in Spanish)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas GCatholic.org website
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