Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) | |||
8 August 1511 | Erected | Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville} | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) (erected) (Suffragan of Seville, Spain) |
1519 | Territory Added | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) (Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles from Santa Cruz to Dominica) | |
12 February 1546 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) (From Seville (Spain) to Santo Domngo (Dominican Republic)) | |
20 May 1790 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) | Diocese of Guayana (erected) |
21 November 1924 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) (Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aibonito, Añasco, Arroyo, Guànica, Barranquitas, Cabo Bojo, Coamo, Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Las Marias, Jayuya, Juana Diaz , Lajas, Maricao, Manuabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Patillas, Peñuelas, Ponce, Rincón, Sabana Grande...) | Diocese of Ponce (erected) |
Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | |||
21 November 1924 | Name Changed | Diocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
Diocese of Roseau (Virgin Islands) | Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
30 April 1960 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ponce (Aguada, Aguadilla, Jayuya, Moca, Orocovis, Rincón, and San Sebastián)
Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Arecibo, Bareeloneta, Camuy, Ciales, Corozal, Dorado, Hatillo, Isabela, Lares, Manatí, Morovis, Quebradillas, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Utuado, Vega Alta, and Vega Baja) | Diocese of Arecibo (erected) |
30 April 1960 | Territory Lost | Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Virgin Islands) | Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands (erected) |
Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | |||
30 April 1960 | Elevated | Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
4 November 1964 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Ponce (Aibonito, Arroyo, Barranquitas, Guayama, Maunabo, and Patillas)
Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Caguas, Gurabo, Juncos, Las Piedras, Humacao, Fajardo, Vieques, Yabucoa, Aguas Buenas, Comerio, Cidra, Cayey, San Lorenzo, Maranjito, Ceiba, Naguabo, Sdo. Cor. Cidra, N. S. Fatima, and San José Caguas) | Diocese of Caguas (erected) |
21 October 1968 | Territory Added | Diocese of Arecibo (Toa Baja) | Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
1 March 1976 | Territory Added | Diocese of Arecibo (Toa Alta and Dorado) | Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
11 March 2008 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Caguas (Fajardo, Naguabo, Ceiba, Vieques, Culebra, and Humacao)
Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Canóvanas, Loíza, Luquillo, and Río Grande) | Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||
1949 | 1,130,000 | 1,200,000 | 94.2% | 41 | 132 | 173 | 6,531 | 147 | 342 | 63 | ap1951 | |
Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||
1966 | 700,000 | 800,000 | 87.5% | 66 | 189 | 255 | 2,745 | 220 | 639 | 53 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 970,400 | 1,500,000 | 64.7% | 89 | 189 | 278 | 3,490 | 234 | 391 | 83 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 874,240 | 1,090,800 | 80.1% | 88 | 232 | 320 | 2,732 | 294 | 833 | 110 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 1,002,080 | 1,252,600 | 80.0% | 108 | 219 | 327 | 3,064 | 57 | 313 | 750 | 119 | ap1981 |
1990 | 989,000 | 1,237,000 | 80.0% | 124 | 222 | 346 | 2,858 | 241 | 306 | 629 | 146 | ap1991 |
1999 | 1,127,197 | 1,408,997 | 80.0% | 149 | 177 | 326 | 3,457 | 263 | 219 | 314 | 153 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,007,197 | 1,393,611 | 72.3% | 142 | 207 | 349 | 2,885 | 262 | 291 | 506 | 154 | ap2001 |
2001 | 1,000,000 | 1,435,782 | 69.6% | 135 | 210 | 345 | 2,898 | 265 | 284 | 489 | 154 | ap2002 |
2002 | 1,001,628 | 1,460,593 | 68.6% | 134 | 196 | 330 | 3,035 | 256 | 279 | 554 | 154 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,011,178 | 1,697,435 | 59.6% | 139 | 189 | 328 | 3,082 | 242 | 252 | 380 | 154 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,064,622 | 1,419,496 | 75.0% | 144 | 191 | 335 | 3,177 | 241 | 251 | 510 | 154 | ap2005 |
2010 | 898,218 | 1,281,893 | 70.1% | 115 | 164 | 279 | 3,219 | 165 | 203 | 459 | 142 | ap2011 |
2014 | 912,000 | 1,305,000 | 69.9% | 116 | 123 | 239 | 3,815 | 202 | 141 | 278 | 142 | ap2015 |
2017 | 929,000 | 1,330,000 | 69.8% | 103 | 95 | 198 | 4,691 | 200 | 121 | 387 | 177 | ap2018 |
2020 | 888,850 | 1,272,500 | 69.9% | 106 | 84 | 190 | 4,678 | 197 | 98 | 378 | 143 | ap2021 |
2022 | 860,640 | 1,229,500 | 70.0% | 98 | 77 | 175 | 4,917 | 195 | 91 | 370 | 141 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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