Suffragan diocese Ponce, Puerto Rico
Diocese of Ponce
Poncen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Ponce is a Latin Church diocese covering the southern part of Puerto Rico, erected in 1924 as a suffragan of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Its current ordinary is Bishop Rubén Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.
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- Established
- 1924
- Catholics
- 474,959
- Priests
- 74
- Territory
- 2,045 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora de la GuadalupeAdjuntas · CathedralView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la ProvidenciaPonceView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Geraldo Ramírez Torres
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands in Ponce, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Southern Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, is served by the Diocese of Ponce (Latin: Dioecesis Poncensis), an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church. A prelate bishop pastors the mother church in the City of Ponce, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The diocese's jurisdiction takes in the municipalities of Adjuntas, Jayuya, Guánica, Guayanilla, Yauco, Peñuelas, Ponce, Juana Díaz, Villalba, Coamo, Santa Isabel, Salinas, Guayama, Arroyo, and Patillas.