Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Miranda Rivera OCarm |
| founding | 2008 |
| surface | 574 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 302,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 101,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 33.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,885 |
| Permanent deacons | 48 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 10 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 25 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Spanish occasionally English |
| cathedral | Catedral Santiago Apóstol |
| Co-cathedral | Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus |
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The Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao ( lat. : Dioecesis Faiardensis-Humacaensis ) is in Puerto Rico situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Fajardo .
history
Pope Benedict XVI founded on March 11, 2008 the diocese from cession of the diocese of Caguas and the archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico and subordinated it to the latter as a suffragan . The first bishop from the establishment until February 2, 2017 was Eusebio Ramos Morales .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Diocesana Curia , accessed November 16, 2017
- Entry for the diocese of Fajardo-Humacao on catholic-hierarchy.org
