Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas

The Diocese of Caguas (Latin: Dioecesis Caguana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean, consisting of the southeastern portions of Puerto Rico in the United States. The diocese is led by Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales whose seat is the mother church in the City of Caguas, Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús (Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Jesus). The cathedral was built as a parish church in the 19th century.

Diocese of Caguas

Dioecesis Caguana

Diócesis de Caguas
Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús
Coat of arms
Location
Country Puerto Rico
TerritorySoutheast portions of Puerto Rico
Ecclesiastical provinceSan Juan de Puerto Rico
Statistics
Area492 sq mi (1,270 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
643,000
503,000 (78.2%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4 November 1964 (58 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús
Patron saintMaría, Madre de la Iglesia (Mary, Mother of the Church)
Secular priests43
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEusebio Ramos Morales
Metropolitan ArchbishopRoberto González Nieves, O.F.M.
Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Bishops emeritusEnrique Manuel Hernández Rivera
Map

The See of Caguas was canonically erected on November 4, 1964 and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, of which it was previously a part. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Naranjito, Barranquitas, Comerío, Aguas Buenas, Caguas, Gurabo, Aibonito, Cidra, Cayey, San Lorenzo, Juncos, Las Piedras, Yabucoa, and Maunabo.[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary Bishops

  • Antulio Parrilla Bonilla (1965-1968); resigned

San Juan Archdiocese bankruptcy

On 7 September 2018, Judge Edward Godoy ruled that the bankruptcy filed by the Archdiocese of San Juan would also apply to every Catholic diocese in Puerto Rico, including Caguas, and that all would now have their assets protected under Chapter 11.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. Diocesis de Ponce. Accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. "Federal judge decides that bankruptcy filing applies to all of Puerto Rico's Roman Catholic churches". Pasquines. 27 September 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  3. "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbean Business. 7 September 2018.


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