Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao


The Diocese of Fajardo–Humacao is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and consists of part of the east and the northeast of the island of Puerto Rico. The current bishop is Luis Miranda Rivera. The mother church is Cathedral Santiago Apóstol in Fajardo.

History

The See of Fajardo–Humacao was canonically erected on May 11, 2008 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Loíza, Canóvanas, Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, Humacao, Culebra, and Vieques.

Ordinaries

  1. Eusebio Ramos Morales, later Bishop of Caguas
  2. Luis Miranda Rivera, O. Carm.

San Juan Archdiocese bankruptcy

On 7 September 2018, Judge Edward Godoy ruled that the bankruptcy filed by the Archdiocese of San Juan would also apply to every Catholic diocese in Puerto Rico, including Fajardo-Humacao, and that all would now have their assets protected under Chapter 11.