This is a historical list of all Roman Catholic bishops whose sees were on the island of Puerto Rico, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference and their predecessors. From its establishment in 1531 until the erection of the diocese of Ponce in 1924, the entire island was a single diocese. In 1960, the diocese of San Juan was raised to an archdiocese, and is currently the suffragan see of the five other dioceses on the island: Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayagüez, and Fajardo–Humacao.

The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Arecibo is written "IV Arecibo." Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators," then the consecrators were bishops from outside Puerto Rico (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page).

Chart of episcopal succession

No. Bishop Consecrators Date Diocese Ref 1 Alonso Manso AA1 AB1 AC1 1504 I Puerto Rico 2 Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera AD1 1532 II Puerto Rico 3 Francisco Andrés de Carvajal ?? 1568 III Puerto Rico 4 Manuel de Mercado Aldrete AA2 1571 IV Puerto Rico 5 Diego de Salamanca Polanco ?? 1576 V Puerto Rico 6 Nicolás de Ramos y Santos ?? 1588 VI Puerto Rico 7 Antonio Calderón de León AE1 1597 VII Puerto Rico 8 Martín Vasquez de Arce ?? 1599 VIII Puerto Rico 9 Alonso de Monroy ?? 1610 IX Puerto Rico 10 Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba ?? 1614 X Puerto Rico 11 Pedro de Solier y Vargas AF1 1616 XI Puerto Rico 12 Bernardo de Balbuena AF2 1622 XII Puerto Rico 13 Juan López de Agurto de la Mata ?? 1631 XIII Puerto Rico 14 Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza AF3 1637 XIV Puerto Rico 15 Juan Damián López de Haro AG1 1644 XV Puerto Rico 16 Hernando de Lobo Castrillo AH1 1650 XVI Puerto Rico 17 Francisco Naranjo ?? 1652 XVII Puerto Rico 18 Juan Francisco Arnaldo Isasi ?? 1656 XVIII Puerto Rico 19 Benito de Rivas AI1 AJ1 AK1 1664 XIX Puerto Rico 20 Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela AL1 1670 XX Puerto Rico 21 Juan de Santiago y León Garabito AM1 1676 XXI Puerto Rico 22 Marcos de Sobremonte ?? 1677 XXII Puerto Rico 23 Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín AN1 1684 XXIII Puerto Rico 24 Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés AO1 AP1 AQ1 1704 XXIV Puerto Rico 25 Pedro de la Concepcion Urtiaga ?? 1707 XXV Puerto Rico 26 Fernando de Valdivia y Mendoza ?? 1718 XXVI Puerto Rico 27 Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro AR1 AS1 AT1 1728 XXVII Puerto Rico 28 Francisco Pérez Lozano AH2 1738 XXVIII Puerto Rico - Francisco Placido de Bejar - 1743 Puerto Rico 29 Francisco Julián de Antolino AF4 1749 XXIX Puerto Rico 30 Pedro Martínez de Oneca AH3 1757 XXX Puerto Rico 31 Mariano Martí AH3 1762 XXXI Puerto Rico 32 Manuel Jiménez Pérez AU1 AV1 AW1 1771 XXXII Puerto Rico 33 Felipe José de Tres-Palacios AF5 1785 XXXIII Puerto Rico 34 Francisco de Cuerda AX1 AY1 AZ1 1790 XXXIV Puerto Rico 35 Juan Bautista de Zengotita BA1 BB1 BC1 1795 XXXV Puerto Rico 36 Juan Alejo de Arizmendi AH4 1804 XXXVI Puerto Rico 37 Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo AX2 AZ2 BD1 1816 XXXVII Puerto Rico 38 Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos BE1 1819 XXXVIII Puerto Rico 39 Francisco Fleix Soláus BF1 BG1 BH1 1846 XXXIX Puerto Rico 40 Francisco de la Puente BF1 AV2 BH1 1846 XL Puerto Rico 41 Gil Estévez y Tomás BI1 AG2 BJ1 1848 XLI Puerto Rico 42 Vicente Benigno Carrión BK1 BL1 BM1 1858 XLII Puerto Rico 43 Juan Antonio Puig y Montserrat BN1 AG3 BO1 1875 XLIII Puerto Rico 44 Toribio Minguella y Arnedo BP1° AR2 BQ1 1894 XLIV Puerto Rico - Francisco Javier Valdés Noriega - - Puerto Rico 45 James Blenk BR1 BS1 BT1 1899 XLV Puerto Rico 46 William Ambrose Jones BU1 BV1 BW1 1907 XLVI Puerto Rico 47 George J. Caruana BX1 BY1 BZ1 1921 XLVII Puerto Rico 48 Edwin Byrne CA1 CB1 CC1 1925 I Ponce, XLVIII San Juan de Puerto Rico 49 Aloysius Joseph Willinger CD1 CE1 CF1 1929 II Ponce 50 James Peter Davis CG1 CH1 CI1 1943 XLIX San Juan de Puerto Rico 51 James Edward McManus CJ1 49 CK1 1947 III Ponce 52 Luis Aponte Martínez* CL1 50 CM1 1960 Ponce (auxiliary), IV Ponce, L San Juan de Puerto Rico 53 Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez CL1 48 CN1 1960 I Arecibo 54 Juan de Dios López de Victoria CO1° CP1 52 1963 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) 55 Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver CL1 52 53 1964 V Ponce 56 Rafael Grovas Felix AH5 CM1 53 1965 I Caguas 57 Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla 56 52 54 1965 Caguas (auxiliary) 58 Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez 52 53 CM1 1974 II Arecibo 59 Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras 55 54 56 1975 Ponce (auxiliary), VI Ponce 60 Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas 52 55 58 1976 I Mayagüez 61 Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera 52 56 58 1979 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary), II Caguas 62 Héctor Rivera Pérez 52 56 58 1979 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) 63 Hermín Negrón Santana 52 56 61 1981 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) 64 Álvaro Corrada del Río CQ1 CR1 CS1 1985 Washington (auxiliary), III Tyler, II Mayagüez 65 Roberto González Nieves CT1 CM2 52 1988 Boston (auxiliary), VI Corpus Christi, LI San Juan de Puerto Rico 66 Iñaki Mallona Txertudi PP264 CU1 CV1 1992 III Arecibo 67 Rubén González Medina 52 CW1° 65 2001 III Caguas, VIII Ponce 68 Félix Lázaro Martínez 59 CX1 66 2002 VII Ponce 69 Daniel Fernández Torres 65 60 66 2007 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary), IV Arecibo 70 Eusebio Ramos Morales‡ 65 67 CY° 2008 I Fajardo–Humacao, IV Caguas, LII San Juan de Puerto Rico 71 Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales‡ 65 67 CZ° 2019 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary), V Arecibo 72 Ángel Luis Ríos Matos‡ 64 65 67 2020 III Mayagüez 73 Luis Miranda Rivera‡ 65 67 70 2020 II Fajardo–Humacao 74 Tomás González González 65 DA° 67 2023 San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) 75 Geraldo Ramírez Torres‡ DA 67 72 2026 IX Ponce

Abbreviations and notes

Foreign consecrators

AA=Archbishop of Seville AB=Archbishop of Zaragoza AC=Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracín AD=Bishop of Zamora in Spain AE=Bishop of Popayán AF=Archbishop of Santo Domingo AG=Bishop of Barcelona AH=Bishop of Caracas AI=Archbishop of Embrun AJ=Titular Bishop of Temnos AK=Titular Bishop of Troas AL=Titular Archbishop of Corinth AM=Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles AN=Bishop of Orvieto AO=Patriarch of the West Indies AP=Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada AQ=Titular Bishop of Lycopolis AR=Bishop of Pamplona AS=Titular Bishop of Lares AT=Titular Bishop of Isauropolis AU=Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus AV=Bishop of Coria AW=Bishop of Palencia AX=Bishop of Jaén AY=Bishop of Astorga AZ=Bishop of Albarracín BA=Archbishop of Toledo BB=Bishop of Orihuela BC=Titular Bishop of Carystus BD=Titular Bishop of Loryma BE=Archbishop of Lima BF=Bishop of Córdoba BG=Bishop of Tui BH=Bishop of Canarias BI=Archbishop of Tarragona BJ=Bishop of Girona BK=Titular Archbishop of Lyana BL=Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín BM=Bishop of Lugo BN=Archbishop of Valladolid BO=Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia BP=Titular Archbishop of Damascus BQ=Bishop of Huesca BR=Archbishop of New Orleans BS=Titular Bishop of Curium BT=Titular Bishop of Sidyma BU=Titular Archbishop of Sardes BV=Bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana BW=Bishop of Cienfuegos BX=Titular Archbishop of Philippi BY=Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria BZ=Titular Archbishop of Colossae CA=Archbishop of Philadelphia CB=Bishop of Wheeling CC=Titular Bishop of Thapsus CD=Bishop of Brooklyn CE=Bishop of Erie CF=Titular Bishop of Camuliana CG=Bishop of Tucson CH=Titular Bishop of Sila CI=Titular Bishop of Sanavus CJ=Titular Bishop of Anaea CK=Titular Bishop of Calynda CL=Archbishop of New York CM=Bishop of Saint Thomas CN=Bishop of Covington CO=Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria CP=Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend CQ=Archbishop of Washington CR=Titular Bishop of Murthlacum CS=Titular Bishop of Walla Walla CT=Archbishop of Boston CU=Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum CV=Titular Archbishop of Tharros CW=Titular Archbishop of Gradisca CX=Titular Archbishop of Amiternum CY=Titular Archbishop of Slebte CZ=Titular Archbishop of Mathara in Numidia DA=Titular Archbishop of Spello

Other abbreviations PP=Pope

Notes

Sources

See also Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States

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