Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
Sancti Ioannis Portoricen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the metropolitan see of Puerto Rico, founded in 1511 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1960. Its current archbishop is Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M., serving since 1999.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1511
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis Portoricen(sis)
- Patron
- St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of Divine Providence
- Annuario code
- 001002917
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 929,000
- Population
- 1,330,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 69.8%
- Priests
- 175
- Catholics per priest
- 5,309
- Extent
- 1,054 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 881
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
- Archbishop
- Roberto González Nieves
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
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist stands in San Juan de Puerto Rico, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AreciboArecibo
- Diocese of CaguasCaguas
- Diocese of Fajardo–HumacaoFajardo–Humacao
- Diocese of MayagüezMayagüez
- Diocese of PoncePonce
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico makes up the territory of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, a diocese of the Catholic Church. Latin sources style the see Archidiœcesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis; in Spanish it is the Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Puerto Rico.
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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.