Suffragan diocese Fajardo–Humacao, Puerto Rico
Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao
Faiarden(sis)-Humacaen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the eastern and northeastern part of Puerto Rico, including the islands of Vieques and Culebra. Canonically erected in 2008, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.
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- Established
- 2008
- Catholics
- 99,500
- Priests
- 28
- Territory
- 572 km²
Parishes and churches
3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Dulce Nombre de JesúsHumacao · CathedralView parish
- Santiago ApóstolCanóvanas · CathedralView parish
- San Antonio AbadHumacaoView parish
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Miranda Rivera
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The cathedral
Catedral Santiago Apóstol stands in Fajardo–Humacao, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The eastern and northeastern reaches of the island of Puerto Rico form the territory of the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (Latin: Dioecesis Faiardensis-Humacaensis), a diocese of the Catholic Church. Cathedral Santiago Apóstol in Fajardo serves as its mother church, and Luis Miranda Rivera is the current bishop.
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- Pope Leo XIV names Franciscan friar as coadjutor of Puerto Rico diocese
- Pope names Gerardo Antonio Vargas Cruz Coadjutor Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao
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