Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Puerto Rico

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0100~

Italica - Spain

0200-0300

Sevilla (detached from Italica?) - Spain

0300-0400

Sevilla (Metr.) - Spain

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1504

Magua (erected from Spain: Sevilla) - Puerto Rico?

1511

Magua (suppressed, establishment unsuccessful) - Puerto Rico?

1511

Puerto Rico (erected from Spain: Sevilla) - Puerto Rico

1924

San Juan de Puerto Rico (new name, previously Puerto Rico) - Puerto Rico

1924

Ponce (detached from Puerto Rico) - Puerto Rico

1960

Arecibo (detached from San Juan de Puerto Rico, and from Ponce) - Puerto Rico

1960

San Juan de Puerto Rico (Metr., was as diocese directly subject to the Apostolic See) - Puerto Rico

1964

Caguas (detached from Ponce, and from San Juan de Puerto Rico) - Puerto Rico

1976

Mayagüez (detached from Ponce, and from Arecibo) - Puerto Rico

2008

Fajardo-Humacao (detached from San Juan de Puerto Rico, and from Caguas) - Puerto Rico