Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas

Diocese of Caguas Dioecesis Caguana Diócesis de Caguas
Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Puerto Rico
Territory	Southeast portions of Puerto Rico
Ecclesiastical province	San Juan de Puerto Rico
Statistics
Area	492 sq mi (1,270 km^2)
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 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

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

The 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

Bishops of Caguas

• 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

• 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

• 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

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.

External links

• Diócesis de Caguas (Official Site in Spanish)
• Official Facebook page (in Spanish)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas GCatholic.org website

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