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

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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