Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico explained

The Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Spanish; Castilian: Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña) (CEP)^[1] is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States.

Dioceses and bishops

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (erected in 1511)
  • Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M., Archbishop of San Juan
    • • Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo (erected in 1960)
  • Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales, Bishop of Arecibo
    • Daniel Fernández Torres, Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas (erected in 1964)
  • Eusebio Ramos Morales, Bishop of Caguas
    • Enrique Hernández Rivera, Bishop Emeritus of Caguas
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (erected in 2008)
  • Luis Miranda Rivera, O. Carm., Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez (erected in 1976)
  • Ángel Luis Ríos Matos, Bishop of Mayagüez
    • Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J., Bishop Emeritus of Mayaguez
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce (erected in 1924)
  • Ruben González Medina, C.M.F., Bishop of Ponce
    • Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P., Bishop Emeritus of Ponce

Presidents

See footnote^[1]

1. Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez, Archbishop of San Juan (1966–1983; was created a cardinal on March 5, 1973)
2. Bishop Juan Torres Oliver, Bishop of Ponce^[2] (1983–1994)
3. Bishop Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P., Bishop of Arecibo (1994–1997)
4. Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas, Bishop of Mayagüez (1997–2000)
5. Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, Archbishop of San Juan (2000–December 2007)
6. Bishop Ruben González Medina, C.M.F., Bishop of Ponce (December 2007–December 2012)
7. Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, Archbishop of San Juan (December 2012-present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Puerto Rico
• Episcopal conference #North America
• List of the Catholic bishops of the United States #Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

External links

• Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.) (Official Site in Spanish)
• Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico GCatholic.org website
• Cheney, David M. Catholic Church in Puerto Rico. Catholic-Hierarchy.org website
• Periódico El Visitante de Puerto Rico (The Visitor of Puerto Rico) Official Weekly of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Official Site in Spanish)

Notes and References

1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/086.htm Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.)
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dponc.html Diocese of Ponce