Diocese of Mayagüez
| Diocese of Mayagüez | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
| Diocesan bishop | Ángel Luis Ríos Matos |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Álvaro Corrada del Rio SJ |
| founding | 1976 |
| surface | 1,617 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 528,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 425,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,822 |
| Permanent deacons | 24 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 28 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 115 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Spanish occasionally English |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdemayaguez.org/ |
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The Diocese of Mayagüez ( lat. : Dioecesis Maiaguezensis ) is in Puerto Rico situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mayagüez .
history
The diocese Mayagüez was on March 1, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui arcano Dei from cedings of the dioceses of Arecibo and Ponce and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Mayagüez
- Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas , 1976-2011
- Álvaro Corrada del Rio SJ , 2011–2020
- Ángel Luis Ríos Matos , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Mayagüez on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 6, 2011.
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