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Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (5)

Roman Rite (6): Arecibo, Caguas, Fajardo–Humacao, Mayagüez, Ponce, San Juan de Puerto Rico

Apostolic Delegation: Puerto Rico Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi (62)

Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.) Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales (73)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (65)

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Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia (November 19)

Saints: 1 Blessed

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Continent: Central America

Capital: San Juan

Area: 8,959 km2

Population: 3,351,827

Part of: USA USA (Territory)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Dominican Republic Dominican Republic, → U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands, → British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and others 15%

Languages: Spanish, English

Ethnic Groups: white 75.8%, black/African American 12.4%, other 8.5% (includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and others), mixed 3.3%

Area: 8,875 km2

Catholic Population: 2,825,000 Catholics (82.9% of 3,406,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 330 parishes, 225 mission stations (without resident priest), 279 other centres

Clergy: 11 bishops (6 diocesan, 5 titular), 565 priests (337 diocesan, 228 religious), 575 permanent deacons (574 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 818 religious (21 brothers, 797 sisters), 46 members of secular institutes (10 brothers, 36 sisters), 59 major seminarians, 100 missionaries, 3,646 catechists