The Diocese of Caguas (Latin: Dioecesis Caguana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southeastern Puerto Rico in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Diocese of Caguas Dioecesis Caguana Diócesis de Caguas | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Puerto Rico |
| Territory | Southeast portions of Puerto Rico |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 492 sq mi (1,270 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 643,000 503,000 (78.2%) |
| Parishes | 34 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4 November 1964 (60 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús |
| Patron saint | María, Madre de la Iglesia (Mary, Mother of the Church) |
| Secular priests | 43 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Eusebio Ramos Morales |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Roberto González Nieves Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Bishops emeritus | Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera |
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The mother church of the Diocese of Caguas is the Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús (Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Jesus) in Caguas. As of 2023, the current bishop of Cagus is Eusebio Ramos Morales. The diocese was erected on November 4, 1964
Territory
editThe Diocese of Caguas includes the following municipalities:
Naranjito, Barranquitas, Comerío, Aguas Buenas, Caguas, Gurabo, Aibonito, Cidra, Cayey, San Lorenzo, Juncos, Las Piedras, Yabucoa, and Maunabo.[1]
Bishops
editBishops of Caguas
edit- Rafael Grovas Felix (1965-1981 Retired)
- Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (1981-1998 Resigned)
- Ruben González Medina (2000–2016 Appointed, Bishop of Ponce)
- Eusebio Ramos Morales (2017-current)
Auxiliary Bishops
edit- Antulio Parrilla Bonilla (1965-1968); resigned
San Juan Archdiocese bankruptcy
editOn 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
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- Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
edit- ^ Diocesis de Ponce. Accessed 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Federal judge decides that bankruptcy filing applies to all of Puerto Rico's Roman Catholic churches". Pasquines. 27 September 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbean Business. 7 September 2018.
External links
edit- Diócesis de Caguas (Official Site in Spanish)
- Official Facebook page (in Spanish)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas GCatholic.org website
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