Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao
Faiarden(sis)-Humacaen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fajardo–Humacao, Puerto Rico
The Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the eastern and northeastern part of Puerto Rico, including the islands of Vieques and Culebra. Canonically erected in 2008, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 March 2008
- Latin
- Faiarden(sis)-Humacaen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint James the Apostle (Santiago Apóstol)
- Annuario code
- 001001395
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 99,500
- Population
- 296,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.6%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 3,554
- Extent
- 572 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 174
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Miranda Rivera
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Santiago Apóstol stands in Fajardo–Humacao, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AreciboArecibo
- Diocese of CaguasCaguas
- Diocese of MayagüezMayagüez
- Diocese of PoncePonce
- Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto RicoSan Juan de Puerto Rico
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The eastern and northeastern reaches of the island of Puerto Rico form the territory of the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (Latin: Dioecesis Faiardensis-Humacaensis), a diocese of the Catholic Church. Cathedral Santiago Apóstol in Fajardo serves as its mother church, and Luis Miranda Rivera is the current bishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.