Diocese of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mayagüez / Maiaguezen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Juan de Puerto Rico

Neighbouring Dioceses: Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (←), Arecibo (↗), Ponce (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Monserrate (September 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 29

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1976.03.01: Established as Diocese of Mayagüez / Maiaguezen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Arecibo and Diocese of Ponce and became suffragan of San Juan de Puerto Rico)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.05.09 – ...):

Bishop Ángel Luis Ríos Matos (69)

Monsignors (9)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mayagüez (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Luis Ríos Matos (69)
(2020.05.09 – ...)

Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

Con temor y temblor

Born:	1956.10.05 (Aguada, Puerto Rico)
Ordained Priest:	1985.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.01

Priest of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (1985.01.11 – 2020.05.09)

Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (2020.05.09 – ...)

Bishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J. (84)
(2011.07.06 – 2020.05.09)

Bishop emeritus of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

Neminem nisi Jesum

Born:	1942.05.13 (Santurce, Puerto Rico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.08.04

Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (1985.05.31 – 2000.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (1985.05.31 – 2000.12.05)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Caguas (Puerto Rico) (1997.07.04 – 1998.07.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Caguas (Puerto Rico) (1998.07.28 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Tyler (USA) (2000.12.05 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (2011.07.06 – 2020.05.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Tyler (USA) (2011.09.12 – 2012.09.29)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (2015 – 2020)

Apostolic Administrator of Arecibo (Puerto Rico) (2022.03.09 – 2022.09.14)

Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas
(1976.03.04 – 2011.07.06)

Born:	1933.09.25 (Lajas, Puerto Rico)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.04.30
Died:	2018.08.05 (San Germán, Puerto Rico † 84)

Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (1976.03.04 – 2011.07.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (1997 – 2000)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Mayagüez
Minor Basilica: Santuario Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate, Hormigueros
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (34)

Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (←), Arecibo (↗), Ponce (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,617 km²

Population: 399,960 Catholics (90.3% of 442,845 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 156 missions

Personnel: 81 priests (53 diocesan, 28 religious), 62 deacons, 117 religious (28 brothers, 89 sisters), 16 seminarians