Historical list of the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico

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The six dioceses of Puerto Rico

This is a historical list of all Roman Catholic bishops whose sees were on the island of Puerto Rico, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference and their predecessors. From its establishment in 1531 until the erection of the diocese of Ponce in 1924, the entire island was a single diocese. In 1960, the diocese of San Juan was raised to an archdiocese, and is currently the suffragan see of the five other dioceses on the island: Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayagüez, and Fajardo–Humacao.

The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Arecibo is written "IV Arecibo". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops from outside Puerto Rico (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page).

Chart of episcopal succession

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The Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan
File:Bernardo de Balbuena.jpg
Bernardo de Balbuena (12) is best known for his poetry.
Juan Alejo de Arizmendi (36) was the first Puerto Rican to be consecrated bishop.
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James Blenk (45) was the first bishop after Puerto Rico's annexation by the United States.
No. Bishop Consecrators Date Diocese Ref
1 Alonso Manso AA1 AB1 AC1 1504 I Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1] [1][2]
2 Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera AD1 1532 II Puerto Rico [3]
3 Francisco Andrés de Carvajal  ?? 1568 III Puerto Rico [4]
4 Manuel de Mercado Aldrete AA2 1571 IV Puerto Rico [5]
5 Diego de Salamanca  ?? 1576 V Puerto Rico [6]
6 Nicolás de Ramos y Santos  ?? 1588 VI Puerto Rico [7]
7 Antonio Calderón de León AE1 1597 VII Puerto Rico [8]
8 Martín Vasquez de Arce  ?? 1599 VIII Puerto Rico [9]
9 Alonso de Monroy[lower-alpha 2]  ?? 1610 IX Puerto Rico [10]
10 Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba  ?? 1614 X Puerto Rico [11]
11 Pedro de Solier y Vargas AF1 1616 XI Puerto Rico [12]
12 Bernardo de Balbuena AF2 1622 XII Puerto Rico [13]
13 Juan López de Agurto de la Mata  ?? 1631 XIII Puerto Rico [14]
14 Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza AF3 1637 XIV Puerto Rico [15]
15 Juan Damián López de Haro AG1 1644 XV Puerto Rico [16]
16 Hernando de Lobo Castrillo AH1 1650 XVI Puerto Rico [17]
17 Francisco Naranjo  ?? 1652 XVII Puerto Rico [18]
18 Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi  ?? 1656 XVIII Puerto Rico [19]
19 Benito de Rivas AI1 AJ1 AK1 1664 XIX Puerto Rico [20]
20 Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela AL1 1670 XX Puerto Rico [21]
21 Juan de Santiago y León Garabito AM1 1676 XXI Puerto Rico [22]
22 Marcos de Sobremonte  ?? 1677 XXII Puerto Rico [23]
23 Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín AN1 1684 XXIII Puerto Rico [24]
24 Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés AO1 AP1 AQ1 1704 XXIV Puerto Rico [25]
25 Pedro de la Concepcion Urtiaga  ?? 1707 XXV Puerto Rico [26]
26 Fernando de Valdivia y Mendoza  ?? 1718 XXVI Puerto Rico [27]
27 Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro AR1 AS1 AT1 1728 XXVII Puerto Rico [28]
28 Francisco Pérez Lozano AH2 1738 XXVIII Puerto Rico [29]
- Francisco Placido de Bejar[lower-alpha 3] - 1743 Puerto Rico [30][31]
29 Francisco Julián de Antolino AF4 1749 XXIX Puerto Rico [32]
30 Pedro Martínez de Oneca AH3 1757 XXX Puerto Rico [33]
31 Mariano Martí AH3 1762 XXXI Puerto Rico [34]
32 Manuel Jiménez Pérez AU1 AV1 AW1 1771 XXXII Puerto Rico [35]
33 Felipe José de Tres-Palacios AF5 1785 XXXIII Puerto Rico [36]
34 Francisco de Cuerda AX1 AY1 AZ1 1790 XXXIV Puerto Rico [37]
35 Juan Bautista de Zengotita BA1 BB1 BC1 1795 XXXV Puerto Rico [38]
36 Juan Alejo de Arizmendi AH4 1804 XXXVI Puerto Rico [39]
37 Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo AX2 AZ2 BD1 1816 XXXVII Puerto Rico [40]
38 Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos BE1 1819 XXXVIII Puerto Rico [41]
39 Francisco Fleix Soláus BF1 BG1 BH1 1846 XXXIX Puerto Rico [42]
40 Francisco de la Puente BF1 AV2 BH1 1846 XL Puerto Rico [43]
41 Gil Estévez y Tomás BI1 AG2 BJ1 1848 XLI Puerto Rico [44]
42 Vicente Benigno Carrión BK1 BL1 BM1 1858 XLII Puerto Rico [45]
43 Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat BN1 AG3 BO1 1875 XLIII Puerto Rico [46]
44 Toribio Minguella y Arnedo BP1° AR2 BQ1 1894 XLIV Puerto Rico [47]
- Francisco Javier Valdés Noriega[lower-alpha 4] - - Puerto Rico [48][49]
45 James Blenk[lower-alpha 5] BR1 BS1 BT1 1899 XLV Puerto Rico [50]
46 William Ambrose Jones BU1 BV1 BW1 1907 XLVI Puerto Rico [51]
47 George J. Caruana BX1 BY1 BZ1 1921 XLVII Puerto Rico [52]
48 Edwin Byrne[lower-alpha 6] CA1 CB1 CC1 1925 I Ponce, XLVIII San Juan de Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1] [53]
49 Aloysius Joseph Willinger[lower-alpha 7] CD1 CE1 CF1 1929 II Ponce [54]
50 James Peter Davis[lower-alpha 8] CG1 CH1 CI1 1943 XLIX San Juan de Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 9] [55]
51 James Edward McManus[lower-alpha 10] CJ1 49 CK1 1947 III Ponce [56]
52 Luis Aponte Martínez* CL1 50 CM1 1960 IV Ponce, L San Juan de Puerto Rico [57]
53 Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez CL1 48 CN1 1960 I Arecibo [58]
54 Juan de Dios López de Victoria CO1° CP1 52 1963 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) [59]
55 Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver CL1 52 53 1964 V Ponce [60]
56 Rafael Grovas Felix AH5 CM1 53 1965 I Caguas [61]
57 Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla 56 52 54 1965 Caguas (auxiliary) [62]
58 Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez 52 53 CM1 1974 II Arecibo [63]
59 Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras 55 54 56 1975 VI Ponce [64]
60 Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas 52 55 58 1976 I Mayagüez [65]
61 Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera 52 56 58 1979 II Caguas [66]
62 Héctor Rivera Pérez 52 56 58 1979 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) [67]
63 Hermín Negrón Santana 52 56 61 1981 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) [68]
64 Álvaro Corrada del Río‡[lower-alpha 11] CQ1 CR1 CS1 1985 II Mayagüez [69]
65 Roberto González Nieves‡[lower-alpha 12] CT1 CM2 52 1988 LI San Juan de Puerto Rico [70]
66 Iñaki Mallona Txertudi PP264 CU1 CV1 1992 III Arecibo [71]
67 Rubén González Medina‡ 52 CW1° 65 2001 III Caguas [72]
68 Félix Lázaro Martínez‡ 59 CX1 66 2002 VII Ponce [73]
69 Daniel Fernández Torres‡ 65 60 66 2007 IV Arecibo [74]
70 Eusebio Ramos Morales‡ 65 67 CY1° 2008 I Fajardo–Humacao [75]

Abbreviations and notes

Foreign consecrators

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Other abbreviations

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The diocese of Puerto Rico originally covered the entire island. In 1924, the name was changed to San Juan de Puerto Rico when a second diocese was erected on the island. In 1960, it was elevated to an archdiocese.
  2. ↑ Selected and consecrated, but died in Spain before leaving for Puerto Rico
  3. ↑ Nominated and preconized, but died before being consecrated
  4. ↑ Nominated in 1898, he resigned before his consecration when Puerto Rico was annexed from Spain by the United States. Later served as Bishop of Jaca.
  5. ↑ Also #236 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  6. ↑ Also #378 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  7. ↑ Also #404 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  8. ↑ Also #493 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  9. ↑ During Davis's tenure, San Juan de Puerto Rico was raised to an archdiocese
  10. ↑ Also #526 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  11. ↑ Also #1010 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  12. ↑ Also #1047 in the United States historical succession of bishops.

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See also

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