Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao

Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao

*Dioecesis Faiardensis–Humacaensis*

Diócesis de Fajardo–Humacao
Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao; Dioecesis Faiardensis–Humacaensis; Diócesis de Fajardo–Humacao
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Location
Territory	East and Northeast portions of the island of Puerto Rico
Ecclesiastical province	San Juan de Puerto Rico
Statistics
Area	221 sq mi (570 km2)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2016); 296,000; 99,500 (33.6%);
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 March 2008 (17 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Santiago Apostol
Co-cathedral	Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Luis Miranda Rivera, O. Carm.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M.; Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
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The Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao^[1](Latin: Dioecesis Faiardensis–Humacaensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and consists of part of the east and the northeast of the island of Puerto Rico. The current bishop is Luis Miranda Rivera. The mother church is Cathedral Santiago Apóstol in Fajardo.

History

The See of Fajardo–Humacao was canonically erected on May 11, 2008 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Loíza, Canóvanas, Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, Humacao, Culebra, and Vieques.^[2]

Ordinaries

Eusebio Ramos Morales (March 11, 2008 – February 2, 2017), later Bishop of Caguas
Luis Miranda Rivera, O. Carm. (installed on August 15, 2020)^[3]

Parishes

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 Fajardo-Humacao, and that all would now have their assets protected under Chapter 11.^[4]^[5]