Historical list of the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico

This is a historical list of all Roman Catholic bishops whose sees were on the island of Puerto Rico, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference and their predecessors. From its establishment in 1531 until the erection of the diocese of Ponce in 1924, the entire island was a single diocese. In 1960, the diocese of San Juan was raised to an archdiocese, and is currently the suffragan see of the five other dioceses on the island: Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayagüez, and Fajardo–Humacao.

The six dioceses of Puerto Rico

The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Arecibo is written "IV Arecibo." Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators," then the consecrators were bishops from outside Puerto Rico (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page).

Chart of episcopal succession
The Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan
Bernardo de Balbuena (12) is best known for his poetry.
Juan Alejo de Arizmendi (36) was the first Puerto Rican to be consecrated bishop.
James Blenk (45) was the first bishop after Puerto Rico's annexation by the United States.
  •   (*) Cardinal
  •   (‡) Current Diocesan bishop
  •    Current Auxiliary bishop
  •   (°) Apostolic Nuncio
No.BishopConsecratorsDateDioceseRef
1Alonso MansoAA1 AB1 AC11504I Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1][1][2]
2Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de RomeraAD11532II Puerto Rico[3]
3Francisco Andrés de Carvajal??1568III Puerto Rico[4]
4Manuel de Mercado AldreteAA21571IV Puerto Rico[5]
5Diego de Salamanca Polanco??1576V Puerto Rico[6]
6Nicolás de Ramos y Santos??1588VI Puerto Rico[7]
7Antonio Calderón de LeónAE11597VII Puerto Rico[8]
8Martín Vasquez de Arce??1599VIII Puerto Rico[9]
9Alonso de Monroy[lower-alpha 2]??1610IX Puerto Rico[10]
10Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba??1614X Puerto Rico[11]
11Pedro de Solier y VargasAF11616XI Puerto Rico[12]
12Bernardo de BalbuenaAF21622XII Puerto Rico[13]
13Juan López de Agurto de la Mata??1631XIII Puerto Rico[14]
14Juan Alonso de Solis y MendozaAF31637XIV Puerto Rico[15]
15Juan Damián López de HaroAG11644XV Puerto Rico[16]
16Hernando de Lobo CastrilloAH11650XVI Puerto Rico[17]
17Francisco Naranjo??1652XVII Puerto Rico[18]
18Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi??1656XVIII Puerto Rico[19]
19Benito de RivasAI1 AJ1 AK11664XIX Puerto Rico[20]
20Bartolomé Garcia de EscañuelaAL11670XX Puerto Rico[21]
21Juan de Santiago y León GarabitoAM11676XXI Puerto Rico[22]
22Marcos de Sobremonte??1677XXII Puerto Rico[23]
23Juan Francisco de Padilla y San MartínAN11684XXIII Puerto Rico[24]
24Jerónimo Nosti de ValdésAO1 AP1 AQ11704XXIV Puerto Rico[25]
25Pedro de la Concepcion Urtiaga??1707XXV Puerto Rico[26]
26Fernando de Valdivia y Mendoza??1718XXVI Puerto Rico[27]
27Sebastián Lorenzo PizarroAR1 AS1 AT11728XXVII Puerto Rico[28]
28Francisco Pérez LozanoAH21738XXVIII Puerto Rico[29]
-Francisco Placido de Bejar[lower-alpha 3]-1743Puerto Rico[30][31]
29Francisco Julián de AntolinoAF41749XXIX Puerto Rico[32]
30Pedro Martínez de OnecaAH31757XXX Puerto Rico[33]
31Mariano MartíAH31762XXXI Puerto Rico[34]
32Manuel Jiménez PérezAU1 AV1 AW11771XXXII Puerto Rico[35]
33Felipe José de Tres-PalaciosAF51785XXXIII Puerto Rico[36]
34Francisco de CuerdaAX1 AY1 AZ11790XXXIV Puerto Rico[37]
35Juan Bautista de ZengotitaBA1 BB1 BC11795XXXV Puerto Rico[38]
36Juan Alejo de ArizmendiAH41804XXXVI Puerto Rico[39]
37Mariano Rodríguez de OlmedoAX2 AZ2 BD11816XXXVII Puerto Rico[40]
38Pedro Gutiérrez de CosBE11819XXXVIII Puerto Rico[41]
39Francisco Fleix SoláusBF1 BG1 BH11846XXXIX Puerto Rico[42]
40Francisco de la PuenteBF1 AV2 BH11846XL Puerto Rico[43]
41Gil Estévez y TomásBI1 AG2 BJ11848XLI Puerto Rico[44]
42Vicente Benigno CarriónBK1 BL1 BM11858XLII Puerto Rico[45]
43Juan Antonio Puig y MontserratBN1 AG3 BO11875XLIII Puerto Rico[46]
44Toribio Minguella y ArnedoBP1° AR2 BQ11894XLIV Puerto Rico[47]
-Francisco Javier Valdés Noriega[lower-alpha 4]--Puerto Rico[48][49]
45James Blenk[lower-alpha 5]BR1 BS1 BT11899XLV Puerto Rico[50]
46William Ambrose JonesBU1 BV1 BW11907XLVI Puerto Rico[51]
47George J. CaruanaBX1 BY1 BZ11921XLVII Puerto Rico[52]
48Edwin Byrne[lower-alpha 6]CA1 CB1 CC11925I Ponce, XLVIII San Juan de Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1][53]
49Aloysius Joseph Willinger[lower-alpha 7]CD1 CE1 CF11929II Ponce[54]
50James Peter Davis[lower-alpha 8]CG1 CH1 CI11943XLIX San Juan de Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 9][55]
51James Edward McManus[lower-alpha 10]CJ1 49 CK11947III Ponce[56]
52Luis Aponte Martínez*CL1 50 CM11960Ponce (auxiliary), IV Ponce, L San Juan de Puerto Rico[57]
53Alfredo Méndez-GonzalezCL1 48 CN11960I Arecibo[58]
54Juan de Dios López de VictoriaCO1° CP1 521963San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary)[59]
55Juan Fremiot Torres OliverCL1 52 531964V Ponce[60]
56Rafael Grovas FelixAH5 CM1 531965I Caguas[61]
57Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla56 52 541965Caguas (auxiliary)[62]
58Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez52 53 CM11974II Arecibo[63]
59Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras55 54 561975Ponce (auxiliary), VI Ponce[64]
60Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas52 55 581976I Mayagüez[65]
61Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera52 56 581979San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary), II Caguas[66]
62Héctor Rivera Pérez52 56 581979San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary)[67]
63Hermín Negrón Santana52 56 611981San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary)[68]
64Álvaro Corrada del Río[lower-alpha 11]CQ1 CR1 CS11985Washington (auxiliary), III Tyler, II Mayagüez[69]
65Roberto González Nieves‡[lower-alpha 12]CT1 CM2 521988Boston (auxiliary), VI Corpus Christi, LI San Juan de Puerto Rico[70]
66Iñaki Mallona TxertudiPP264 CU1 CV11992III Arecibo[71]
67Rubén González Medina‡52 CW1° 652001III Caguas, VIII Ponce[72]
68Félix Lázaro Martínez59 CX1 662002VII Ponce[73]
69Daniel Fernández Torres‡65 60 662007San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary), IV Arecibo[74]
70Eusebio Ramos Morales‡65 67 CY1°2008I Fajardo–Humacao, IV Caguas[75]
71Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales65 67 CZ1°2019San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary)
72Ángel Luis Ríos Matos‡64 65 672020III Mayagüez
73Luis Miranda Rivera‡65 67 702020II Fajardo–Humacao

Abbreviations and notes

Foreign consecrators

Other abbreviations

Notes
  1. The diocese of Puerto Rico originally covered the entire island. In 1924, the name was changed to San Juan de Puerto Rico when a second diocese was erected on the island. In 1960, it was elevated to an archdiocese.
  2. Selected and consecrated, but died in Spain before leaving for Puerto Rico
  3. Nominated and preconized, but died before being consecrated
  4. Nominated in 1898, he resigned before his consecration when Puerto Rico was annexed from Spain by the United States. Later served as Bishop of Jaca.
  5. Also #236 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  6. Also #378 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  7. Also #404 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  8. Also #493 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  9. During Davis's tenure, San Juan de Puerto Rico was raised to an archdiocese
  10. Also #526 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  11. Also #1010 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  12. Also #1047 in the United States historical succession of bishops.

Sources
  • Cheney, David M. (2015). "Catholic-Hierarchy: Its Bishops and Dioceses, Current and Past".
  • Paniagua Oller, Angel; Doyle, Henry Grattan (translator) (October 1918). "Episcopology of Porto Rico". The Catholic Historical Review. 4 (3): 348–364. JSTOR 25011586.

See also

References
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  42. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Archbishop Francisco Fleix y Soláns †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
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  51. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
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  57. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  58. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  59. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Juan de Dios López de Victoria †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  60. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  61. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  62. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  63. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  64. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  65. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  66. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  67. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez". Catholic-Hierarchy.
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  72. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F." Catholic-Hierarchy.
  73. Cheney, David M. (2015). "Bishop Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P." Catholic-Hierarchy.
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