Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1999.03.26 – ...):	Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (74)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.09.08 – ...):	Bishop Tomás González González (55) Titular Bishop of Enera

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (74)
(1999.03.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

Vita per Jesum

Born:	1950.06.02 (Elizabeth, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1977.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.10.03

Titular Bishop of Ursona (1988.07.19 – 1995.05.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1988.07.19 – 1995.05.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (1995.05.16 – 1997.04.01)

Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (1997.04.01 – 1999.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1999.03.26 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (2000 – 2007.12)

President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (2012.12 – 2018.11.29)

Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez
(1964.11.04 – 1999.03.26)

In virtute Dei

Born:	1922.08.04 (Lajas, Puerto Rico)
Ordained Priest:	1950.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.10.12
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	2012.04.10 (San Juan, Puerto Rico † 89)

Priest of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1950.04.10 – 1960.07.23)

Titular Bishop of Lares (1960.07.23 – 1963.04.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1960.07.23 – 1963.04.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1963.04.16 – 1963.11.18)

Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1963.11.18 – 1964.11.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1964.11.04 – 1999.03.26)

President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (1966 – 1983)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde (1973.03.05 – 2012.04.10)

Archbishop James Peter Davis
(1960.04.30 – 1964.01.03)

In viam pacis

Born:	1904.06.09 (Houghton, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.10.06
Died:	1988.03.04 († 83)

Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1943.07.03 – 1960.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1960.04.30 – 1964.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1964.01.03 – 1974.06.01)

Bishops of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Peter Davis (later Archbishop)
(1943.07.03 – 1960.04.30)

(see above)

Bishop Edwin Vincent Byrne (later Archbishop)
(1929.03.08 – 1943.06.12)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1891.08.09 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.11.30
Died:	1963.07.26 († 71)

Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1925.06.23 – 1929.03.08)

Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1929.03.08 – 1943.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1943.06.12 – 1963.07.26)

Bishop George Joseph Caruana (later Archbishop)
(1924.11.21 – 1925.12.22)

Born:	1882.04.23 (Sliema, Malta)
Ordained Priest:	1905.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.10.28
Died:	1951.03.25 († 68)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1921.08.05 – 1924.11.21)

Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1924.11.21 – 1925.12.22)

Apostolic Delegate to Mexico (1925.12.22 – 1929)

Apostolic Delegate to Antilles (1925.12.22 – 1938)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastea (1925.12.23 – 1951.03.25)

Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti (1927.03.08 – 1930)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba (1935.09.15 – 1947.05.01)

Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico (1935.09.15 – 1947.05.01)

Bishops of Puerto Rico (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Joseph Caruana (later Archbishop)
(1921.08.05 – 1924.11.21)

(see above)

Bishop William Ambrose Jones, O.E.S.A.
(1907.01.15 – 1921.02.17)

Born:	1865.07.21 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1890.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.02.24
Died:	1921.02.17 († 55)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1907.01.15 – 1921.02.17)

Bishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M. (later Archbishop)
(1899.06.12 – 1906.04.20)

Renovabis faciem terræ

Born:	1856.07.28 (Neustadt, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1885.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.07.02
Died:	1917.04.20 (New Orleans, LA, USA † 60)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1899.06.12 – 1906.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (1906.04.20 – 1917.04.20)

Bishop-elect Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.E.S.A.
(1898.03.24 – 1899.12.14)

Born:	1851.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.02.25
Died:	1913.01.22 († 61)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1898.03.24 – 1899.12.14)

Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1899.12.14 – 1904.11.14)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1904.11.14 – 1913.01.22)

Bishop Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, O.A.R.
(1894.05.21 – 1898.03.24)

Born:	1836.04.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1859.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.08.05
Died:	1920.07.14 († 84)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1894.05.21 – 1898.03.24)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1898.03.24 – 1916.08.22)

Bishop Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat, O.F.M.
(1874.01.16 – 1894.01.02)

Born:	1813.07.20 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1837.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.01.24
Died:	1894.01.02 († 80)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1874.01.16 – 1894.01.02)

Bishop Pablo Benigno Carrion de Málaga, O.F.M. Cap.
(1857.12.21 – 1871.11.29)

Born:	1798.02.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1858.03.07
Died:	1871.11.29 († 73)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1857.12.21 – 1871.11.29)

Bishop Gil Estévez y Tomás
(1848.07.03 – 1854.06.23)

Born:	1798.12.16 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.10.08
Died:	1858.07.19 († 59)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1848.07.03 – 1854.06.23)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1854.06.23 – 1857.09.25)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1857.09.25 – 1858.07.19)

Bishop Francisco de La Puente, O.P.
(1846.07.27 – 1848.07.03)

Born:	1779.04.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1846.10.28
Died:	1854.11.15 († 75)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1846.07.27 – 1848.07.03)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1848.07.03 – 1854.11.15)

Bishop Pedro Gutiérrez de Cox
(1826.03.13 – 1833.04.09)

Born:	1750.10.24 (Peru)
Died:	1833.04.09 († 82)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1818 – 1826.03.13)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1826.03.13 – 1833.04.09)

Archbishop Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle
(1815.12.18 – 1825.03.21)

Born:	1771.09.26 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1816.08.04
Died:	1831.01.23 († 59)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1815.12.18 – 1825.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba) ([1824.07.08] 1825.03.21 – 1831.01.23)

Bishop Juan Alejo de Arizmendi de La Torre
(1804 – 1814.10.12)

Born:	1760.07.17 (Puerto Rico)
Ordained Priest:	1785.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1804.03.25
Died:	1814.10.12 († 54)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1804 – 1814.10.12)

Bishop Juan Bautista de Zengotita y Bengoa, O. de M.
(1795.06.01 – 1802.11.01)

Born:	1736.09.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.11.08
Died:	1802.11.01 († 66)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1795.06.01 – 1802.11.01)

Bishop Francisco de Cuerda
(1790.03.29 – 1795.05.28)

Born:	1747.04.12 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1790.07.11

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1790.03.29 – 1795.05.28)

Bishop Felipe José de Tres-Palacios y Verdeja
(1784.06.25 – 1789.03.30)

Born:	1722.05.22 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1784.07.17
Died:	1799.09.16 († 77)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1784.06.25 – 1789.03.30)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1789.03.30 – 1799.09.16)

Bishop Manuel Jiménez Pérez, O.S.B.
(1771.03.04 – 1781.08.20)

Born:	1715.02.12 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1771.11.30
Died:	1781.08.20 († 66)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1771.03.04 – 1781.08.20)

Bishop Mariano Martí
(1761.05.24 – 1770.01.29)

Born:	1720.12.14 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1762.01.17
Died:	1792.02.20 († 71)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1761.05.24 – 1770.01.29)

Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1770.01.29 – 1792.02.20)

Bishop Pedro Martínez de Oneca
(1756.05.24 – 1760.04.27)

Born:	1701.01.12 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1757.11.06
Died:	1760.04.27 († 59)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1756.05.24 – 1760.04.27)

Bishop Francisco Julián de Antolino
(1748.05.06 – 1752.09.25)

Born:	1690.04.29 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1749
Died:	1755.08.06 († 65)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1748.05.06 – 1752.09.25)

Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1752.09.25 – 1755.08.06)

Bishop Francisco Placido de Bejar, O.S.B.M.
(1745 – 1745)

Died:

1745

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1745 – 1745)

Bishop Francisco Pérez Lozano, O.S.B.M.
(1738.03.03 – 1743.08.09)

Born:	1682.02.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1738
Died:	1743.08.09 († 61)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1738.03.03 – 1743.08.09)

Bishop Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro, O.S.B.M.
(1727.03.17 – 1736.07.23)

Born:	1676.01.29 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1728.02.29
Died:	1736.07.23 († 60)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1727.03.17 – 1736.07.23)

Bishop Fernando de Valdivia y Mendoza, O.A.R.
(1718.01.10 – 1725.11.25)

Born:	1658.12.28 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1718
Died:	1725.11.25 († 66)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1718.01.10 – 1725.11.25)

Bishop Pedro de la Concepcion Urtiaga, O.F.M.
(1706 – 1713)

Died:

1713

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1706 – 1713)

Bishop Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, O.S.B.M.
(1704.02.11 – 1705.12.14)

Born:	1649 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1704.09.28
Died:	1729.03.29 († 79)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1704.02.11 – 1705.12.14)

Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1705.12.14 – 1729.03.29)

Bishop Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M.
(1684 – 1695.06.11)

Died:

1696

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1684 – 1695.06.11)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1695.06.11 – 1696)

Bishop Marcos de Sobremonte
(1677 – 1681.08.10)

Died:

1681.08.10

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1677 – 1681.08.10)

Bishop-elect Juan de Santiago y León Garabito
(1676 – 1677.09.13)

Born:	1641.07.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1678.05.22
Died:	1694.07.11 († 52)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1676 – 1677.09.13)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1677.09.13 – 1694.07.11)

Bishop Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela, O.F.M.
(1671 – 1676.11.16)

Died:

1684.11.20

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1671 – 1676.11.16)

Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1676.11.16 – 1684.11.20)

Bishop Benito de Rivas, O.S.B.
(1663 – 1668.08.27)

Died:

1668.08.27

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1663 – 1668.08.27)

Bishop Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi
(1656 – 1661.04.04)

Died:

1661.04.04

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1656 – 1661.04.04)

Bishop Francisco Naranjo, O.P.
(1652 – 1655)

Died:

1655

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1652 – 1655)

Bishop Fernando Lobo de Castrillo, O. Carm.
(1649 – 1651.10.18)

Died:

1651.10.18

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1649 – 1651.10.18)

Bishop Damián López de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T.
(1643.07.13 – 1648.08.24)

Born:	1581.09.27 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1644.02.14
Died:	1648.08.24 († 66)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) ([1643.02.09] 1643.07.13 – 1648.08.24)

Bishop Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, O. Carm.
(1636.09.01 – 1641.04.19)

Born:	1574.06.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1637.08
Died:	1641.04.19 († 66)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) ([1635.01.11] 1636.09.01 – 1641.04.19)

Bishop Juan López de Agurto de la Mata
(1631.02.10 – 1634.11.20)

Born:	1580 (Spain)
Died:	1637.12.24 († 56)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) ([1630.07.20] 1631.02.10 – 1634.11.20)

Bishop of Coro (Venezuela) ([1634.08.08] 1634.11.20 – 1637.06.20)

Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1637.06.20 – 1637.12.24)

Bishop Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva
(1620.12.14 – 1627.10.11)

Born:	1568.11.20 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1622.01.27
Died:	1627.10.11 († 58)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1620.12.14 – 1627.10.11)

Bishop Pedro de Solier y Vargas, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop)
(1614.11.17 – 1619.12.16)

Born:	1573 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1615
Died:	1620.07.09 († 46)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1614.11.17 – 1619.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1619.12.16 – 1620.07.09)

Bishop Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba, O.P.
(1611.08.17 – 1614.07.19)

Died:

1620.04.26

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1611.08.17 – 1614.07.19)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1614.07.19 – 1620.04.26)

Bishop Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P.
(1600.09.05 – 1609.01.13)

Died:

1609.01.13

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1600.09.05 – 1609.01.13)

Bishop Antonio Calderón de León
(1593.12.25 – 1598.05.25)

Consecrated Bishop:	1594
Died:	1621

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1593.12.25 – 1598.05.25)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1598.05.25 – 1605.07.05)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1605.07.05 – 1621)

Bishop Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1588.02.12 – 1592.07.13)

Born:	1531.12.06 (Spain)
Died:	1599.12.01 († 67)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1588.02.12 – 1592.07.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1592.07.13 – 1599.12.01)

Bishop Diego de Salamanca, O.E.S.A.
(1576.03.28 – 1587.04.04)

Born:

1519 (Spain)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1576.03.28 – 1587.04.04)

Bishop Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H.
(1570.09.04 – 1576.03.28)

Consecrated Bishop:	1571
Died:	1580.04.04

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1570.09.04 – 1576.03.28)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1576.03.28 – 1580.04.04)

Bishop Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1568.06.02 – 1570.05.10)

Died:

1577.08.28

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1568.06.02 – 1570.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1570.05.10 – 1577.08.28)

Bishop Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera
(1541.07.06 – 1567.05.06)

Consecrated Bishop:	1532.06.30
Died:	1570

Bishop of Coro (Venezuela) (1531.06.21 – 1541.07.06)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1541.07.06 – 1567.05.06)

Bishop Alonso Manso
(1511.08.08 – 1539.09.27)

Born:	1460 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1512.03.03
Died:	1539.09.27 († 78)

Bishop of Magua (Dominican Republic) (1504.11.15 – 1511.08.08 not possessed)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1511.08.08 – 1539.09.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales (63) (2019.11.19 – 2022.09.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres (60) (2007.02.14 – 2010.09.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hermín Negrón Santana (1981.06.30 – 2012.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez (1979.06.11 – 2009.10.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera (86) (1979.06.11 – 1981.02.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan de Dios López de Victoria (1963.08.01 – 1992.08.29)