The Diocese of Arecibo ( ) is a diocese of the Catholic Church and consists of half of the northern portion of the island of Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States. The mother church is the Catedral de San Felipe Apostol located in City of Arecibo.
History
The See of Arecibo was canonically erected on 30 April 1960 and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Isabela, Quebradillas, Camuy, Hatillo, Arecibo, Barceloneta, Florida, Manatí, Vega Baja, Vega Alta, Lares, Utuado, Ciales, Morovis, Corozal, and Orocovis.Diocesis de Ponce. Accessed 12 July 2021.
San Juan Archdiocese bankruptcy On 7 September 2018, a federal judge ruled that the bankruptcy filed by the Archdiocese of San Juan would also apply to every Catholic diocese in Puerto Rico, including Arecibo, and that all would now have their assets protected under Chapter 11.
Bishops The list of ordinaries (bishops of the diocese) and their terms of service: Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. (1960–1974) Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. (1974–1990) Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. (1991–2010) Daniel Fernández Torres, (2010–2022) Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales, (2022–)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera, appointed auxiliary bishop of San Juan in 1979 Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales (priest here, 1990–1991), appointed auxiliary bishop of San Juan in 2019
Parishes
References
External links
Diócesis de Arecibo (official site in Spanish) Roman Catholic Diocesis of Arecibo GCatholic.org website