Diocese of Arecibo
| Diocese of Arecibo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Diocesan bishop | Daniel Fernández Torres |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Iñaki Mallona Txertudi CP |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 2,157 km² |
| Parishes | 62 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 629,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 393,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 62.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 50 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,052 |
| Permanent deacons | 33 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 55 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 139 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Spanish occasionally English |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol |
| address | Obispado, Calle Dr. Salas 206, Arecibo, PR 00612, Puerto Rico |
| Website | www.diocesisdearecibo.org |
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The Diocese of Arecibo ( lat. : Dioecesis Arecibensis ) is in Puerto Rico situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Arecibo . It covers the north-central part of the island.
history
Pope John XXIII founded on April 30, 1960 the diocese with the apostolic constitution Cum apostolicus from cessions of territory of the diocese of Ponce and the archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan .
On March 1, 1976 it lost part of the territory to the Diocese of Mayagüez .
Bishops of Arecibo
- Alfredo Francesco Mendez Gonzalez CSC (July 23, 1960 - January 21, 1974)
- Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez CSsR (January 21, 1974 - March 20, 1990)
- Iñaki Mallona Txertudi CP (December 14, 1991 - September 24, 2010)
- Daniel Fernández Torres (since September 24, 2010)
