Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo

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.

Diocese of Arecibo

Dioecesis Arecibensis

Diócesis de Arecibo
Coat of arms
Location
Country Puerto Rico
TerritoryHalf of the northern portion of the island of Puerto Rico[1]
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Statistics
Area833 sq mi (2,160 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2006)
607,000
372,000 (61.3%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 April 1960 (60 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de San Felipe Apóstol
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDaniel Fernández Torres
Metropolitan ArchbishopRoberto González Nieves, O.F.M.
Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Bishops emeritusIñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P.
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History
Cathedral de San Felipe Apostol

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:

  1. † Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. (1960-1974)
  2. † Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. (1974-1990)
  3. Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. (1991-2010)
  4. Daniel Fernández Torres, (2010–Present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

†=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

References
  1. Diocese of Arecibo. Accessed 23 March 2019.
  2. Diocese of Arecibo. Accessed 23 March 2019.
  3. "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbean Business. 7 September 2018.
  4. https://pasquines.us/2018/09/27/federal-judge-decides-that-bankruptcy-filing-applies-to-all-of-puerto-ricos-roman-catholic-churches/

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