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Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
572.4 km²

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
United States of America

Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao

Territory
  
East and Northeast portions of the island of Puerto Rico

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2008) 293,000 97,869 (33.4%)

Established
  
11 March 2008 (9 years ago)

Co-cathedral
  
Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus

Cathedral
  
Church Santiago Apostol of Fajardo

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao (Latin: Dioecesis Faiardensis–Humacaensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and consists of part of the east and the northeast of the island of Puerto Rico, an American commonwealth. The see is vacant since February 2, 2017. The mother church is Cathedral Santiago Apóstol in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

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.

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao Wikipedia