Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Puerto Rico and consists of half of the northern portion of the island of Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States. It is led by Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres. The mother church is the Catedral de San Felipe Apostol located in City of Arecibo.

History

The See of Arecibo was canonically erected on April 30, 1960 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico.

Bishops

The list of ordinaries and their terms of service:
  1. † Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C.
  2. † Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R.
  3. Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P.
  4. Daniel Fernández Torres,

    Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

†=Deceased

San Juan Bankruptcy

On September 7, 2018, following a similar Puerto Rican Supreme Court ruling, Bankruptcy Judge Edward Godoy 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 assets in Puerto Rico's Catholic Church will be seized as credit for the San Juan Archdiocese.