Metropolitan San Juan Rite Latin Rite Area 1,635 km² | Parishes 29 Phone +1 787-833-5411 | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)491,518376,000 (76.5%) Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez (Latin: Dioecesis Maiaguezensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and consists of the western part of the island of Puerto Rico, an American commonwealth. The diocese is led by a prelate bishop which pastors the motherchurch in the City of Mayagüez, Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria in front of the Plaza Colón.
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The See of Mayagüez was canonically erected on March 1, 1976 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico. The Diocese is subdivided into 29 Parishes: 17 originally located at the Diocese of Ponce, eight formerly at the Diocese of Arecibo, and four new parishes.
As of July, 2011 the bishop of the See of Mayagüez is Alvaro Corrada del Rio.
Ordinaries
The list of the Bishops of Mayagüez (Latin rite) and their tenures of service:
- Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas (March 4, 1976 – July 6, 2011)
- Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. (July 6, 2011 – present)
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Statistics
By the year 2004 its population consisted of 491.518 people, of which 376.000 were baptized, being 76,5% of the total population.