# Historical list of the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico

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

* (*) Cardinal
* (‡) Current Diocesan bishop
* Current Auxiliary bishop
* (°) Apostolic Nuncio
| No. | Bishop | Consecrators | Date | Diocese |
| 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 |
| 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) |

## 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