Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Ponce, Diocese of

PONCE, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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PONCE, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Central America on the island of Puerto Rico; immediately subject to the Holy See.

It has an area of 1,200 sq km with a population of 1,000,000 inhabitants, of whom 900,000 are Catholics; 157 churches and 38 parishes with 25 diocesan priests and 88 religious; 20 male religious communities and 24 female (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 322).

The city was founded in 1680 under the name of Our Lady of Guadalupe of P.; on 21 Nov. 1924 it was elevated to a diocese by Pius XI by dismemberment from the diocese of Puerto Rico.

The Cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLVI, pp. 236-38; AAS, 17 (1923), pp. 441-43.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1737.

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Josi, Enrico. “Ponce, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1737. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/ponce-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Ponce, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1737. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ponce-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec9_ponce_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Ponce, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1737},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ponce-diocesi-di}
}

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