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Diocese of Caguas

Dioecesis Caguana



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4 November 1964
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Puerto Rico
  • Square Kilometers: 1,423 (549 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comprises east and southeast portion of Puerto Rico and the Islands of Culebra and Vieques.
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: CGS
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesisdecaguas.com
  • Mailing Address: HC 04 Buzon 44015, Caguas, PR 00727, Puerto Rico
  • Telephone: (787)747-5885
  • Fax: 286-7656

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4 November 1964ErectedDiocese 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)
1 March 1976Territory LostDiocese of Caguas (Guayama, Arroyo, and Patillas) Diocese of Ponce
11 March 2008Territory LostDiocese 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)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1965431,804531,43381.3%2461855,0801139825ap1967
1970472,078524,53190.0%42901323,57610010032ap1971
1976542,529580,00093.5%34731075,0708413335ap1977
1980474,000559,00084.8%29791084,3889310532ap1981
1990551,000635,00086.8%46601065,198378512540ap1991
1999515,000653,01278.9%62511134,557606914843ap2000
2000515,000653,01278.9%66541204,291697215443ap2001
2001515,000653,01278.9%65461114,639676414343ap2002
2002515,000653,01278.9%65461114,639676314043ap2003
2003540,000717,91275.2%65371025,294815413343ap2004
2004515,000717,91271.7%64431074,813816013043ap2005
2006518,000721,70071.8%66351015,128804211143ap2007
2013503,000643,00078.2%4327707,18598337834ap2014
2016501,863641,93078.2%5325786,434104317534ap2017
2019410,275586,10770.0%4624705,861103249034ap2020
2021388,140554,50070.0%4419636,160120197134ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 625, to Page 627

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