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Metropolitan see San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Sancti Ioannis Portoricen(sis)

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The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the metropolitan see of Puerto Rico, founded in 1511 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1960. Its current archbishop is Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M., serving since 1999.

On the map

Esri
San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1511
Catholics
929,000
Priests
175
Territory
1,054 km²

Parishes and churches

3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Roberto González Nieves

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist stands in San Juan de Puerto Rico, 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

The northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico makes up the territory of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, a diocese of the Catholic Church. Latin sources style the see Archidiœcesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis; in Spanish it is the Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Puerto Rico.

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