Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

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Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Archidiœcesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis

Arquidiócesis de San Juan
de Puerto Rico
Our Lady of Divine Providence
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopRoberto González Nieves, O.F.M.
Auxiliary BishopsTomás González González
Map
Website
arqsj.org

The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (

Latin: Archidiœcesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis Spanish: Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Puerto Rico) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church– comprising the northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Dorado, Toa Baja, Cataño, Toa Alta, Bayamón, Guaynabo, San Juan, Trujillo Alto, and Carolina.[1]

History

On November 15, 1504,

Diocese of Puerto Rico; and Francisco Garcia de Padilla, Bishop Elect of Bayuna, was reassigned to the Diocese of Santo Domingo.[2]

The See of San Juan de Puerto Rico was canonically erected on August 8, 1511, as the Diocese of Puerto Rico on the island of San Juan, as it was then called.

metropolitan province comprising all the dioceses on the island as suffragan dioceses
.

The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is the

.

The current archbishop is Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M.

On August 29, 2018, the diocese filed for

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On September 27, 2018, federal Judge Edward Godoy protected all assets of the archdiocese and its suffragan dioceses under Chapter 11, protecting them from seizures by individual creditors, for example, as payments to retired teachers.[5]

Bishops

The lists of bishops, archbishops and auxiliary bishops and their terms of service:

Bishops of Puerto Rico

  1. Alonso Manso (1511–1539 Died)
  2. Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera (1541–1567 Resigned)
  3. Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. (1568–1570 Appointed, Archbishop of Santo Domingo)
  4. O.S.H. (1570–1576 Appointed, Bishop of Panamá
    )
  5. Diego de Salamanca Polanco, O.S.A. (1576–1587 Resigned)
  6. Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. (1588–1592 Appointed, Archbishop of Santo Domingo)
  7. Antonio Calderón de León (1593–1598 Appointed, Bishop of Panamá)
  8. O.P.
    (1599–1609 Died)
  9. O.P. (1611–1614 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo
    )
  10. Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. (1614–1619 Appointed, Archbishop of Santo Domingo)
  11. Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva (1620–1627 Died)
  12. Juan López de Agurto de la Mata (1631–1634 Confirmed, Bishop of Coro)[6]
  13. O. Carm.
    (1636–1641 Died)
  14. O.SS.T.
    (1643–1648 Died)
  15. O. Carm.
    (1649–1651 Died)
  16. O.P.
    (1652–1655 Died)
  17. Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi (1656–1661 Died)
  18. O.S.B.
    (1663–1668 Died)
  19. Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela, O.F.M. (1670–1676 Appointed, Bishop of Durango
    )
  20. Juan de Santiago y León Garabito (1676–1677 Confirmed, Bishop of Guadalajara)
  21. Marcos de Sobremonte (1677–1681 Died)
  22. O. de M. (1683–1699 Appointed, Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
    )
  23. Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, )
  24. Pedro de la Concepcion y Urtiaga, O.F.M. (1707–1715 Died)
  25. Raimundo Caballero,
    O.S.B.
    (1716–1716 Died)
  26. Fernando de Valdivia y Mendoza, O.A.R. (1718–1725 Died)
  27. Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro,
    O.S.Bas.
    (1727–1736 Died)
  28. Francisco Pérez Lozano,
    O.S.Bas.
    (1738–1743 Died)
  29. Francisco Placido de Béjar,
    O.S.Bas.
    (1743–1745 Died)
  30. Francisco Julián Antolino (1748–1752 Confirmed, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)
  31. Pedro Martínez de Oneca (1756–1760 Died)
  32. Mariano Martí (1761–1770 Appointed, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)
  33. Manuel Jiménez Pérez,
    O.S.B.
    (1771–1781 Died)
  34. Felipe José de Tres-Palacios y Verdeja (1784–1789 Appointed, Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana)
  35. Francisco de Cuerda (1790–1795 Resigned)
  36. O. de M.
    (1795–1802 Died)
  37. Juan Alejo de Arizmendi de La Torre (1803–1814 Died)
  38. Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle (1815–1825 Confirmed, Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana)
  39. Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario (1826–1833 Died)
  40. Francisco Fleix y Soláns (1846–1846 Confirmed, Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana)
  41. Francisco de La Puente,
    O.P. (1846–1848 Confirmed, Bishop of Segovia
    )
  42. Gil Estévez y Tomás (1848–1854 Confirmed, Bishop of Tarazona)
  43. Vicente Benigno Carrión,
    O.F.M. Cap.
    (1857–1871 Died)
  44. Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat, O.F.M. (1874–1894 Died)
  45. Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R. (1894–1898 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
  46. Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.S.A. (1898–1899 Resigned)
  47. James Herbert Blenk, S.M. (1899–1906 Appointed, Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana)
  48. William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A. (1907–1921 Died)
  49. George Joseph Caruana (1921–1925), Title Changed with Title of Diocese

Bishops of San Juan de Puerto Rico

  1. George Joseph Caruana (1924–1925), Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to México
  2. Edwin Vincent Byrne (8 Mar 1929 - 12 Jun 1943), Appointed Archbishop of Santa Fe
  3. James Peter Davis (1943–1960), Elevated to Archbishop

Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

  1. James Peter Davis (1960–1964), Appointed Archbishop of Santa Fe
  2. Luis Aponte Martínez (1964–1999) (elevated to Cardinal in 1973)
  3. Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M. (1999–present)

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

High schools

Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan

Ecclesiastical Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico map

Bankruptcy

On January 11, 2018, Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Juan filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating that the current pension plan was unworkable and applied for a new plan which has an estimated $10 million in assets and $10 million in liabilities.[7] On March 27, 2018, local Judge Anthony Cuevas issued an embargo against the Archdiocese of San Juan which would remain in effect until they could find $4.7 million to pay for teachers pension.[8] It was also ruled that the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico was a single entity and that the embargo would also apply to all the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of San Juan.[5] On August 29, 2018, the Archdiocese of San Juan filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, noting that they were unable find the $4.7 million.[9] On September 7, 2018,[10] US Bankruptcy Judge Edward Godoy protected the Archdiocese of San Juan under Chapter 11, avoiding seizure of assets and payment of pensions to their retired teachers.[5] However, the bankruptcy will also apply to other Dioceses in Puerto Rico as well.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Diocesis de Ponce. Accessed 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Herbermann, Charles G. (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Catholic Way Publishing. p. 292. Magua.
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ Hoffmann's Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List. M.H. Wiltzlus Company. 1905. p. 2-PA643. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Federal judge decides that bankruptcy filing applies to all of Puerto Rico's Roman Catholic churches". Pasquines.us. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ^ Márquez R.: "Puerto Rican poetry: a selection from aboriginal to contemporary times" Page 22. 2006.
  7. ^ "Bloomberg Law : Document : CATHOLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES PENSION TRUST, Docket No. 3:18-bk-00108 (Bankr. D.P.R. Jan 11, 2018), Court Docket". Bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Judge orders embargo of Puerto Rico Catholic Church accounts". Cruxnow.com. 27 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  9. ^ "San Juan Archdiocese files for bankruptcy over teacher pensions". Ncronline.org. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Judge: Bankruptcy applies to all Puerto Rico Catholic churches". Caribbeanbusiness.com. 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

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