Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Spanish: Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña) (CEP)[1] is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States.
Dioceses and bishops

- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (erected in 1511)
 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo (erected in 1960) 
- Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales, Bishop of Arecibo 
- Daniel Fernández Torres, Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo
 
 
 - Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales, Bishop of Arecibo 
 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas (erected in 1964) 
- Eusebio Ramos Morales, Bishop of Caguas 
- Enrique Hernández Rivera, Bishop Emeritus of Caguas
 
 
 - Eusebio Ramos Morales, Bishop of Caguas 
 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (erected in 2008) 
- Luis Miranda Rivera, O. Carm., Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao
 
 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez (erected in 1976) 
- Ángel Luis Ríos Matos, Bishop of Mayagüez 
- Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J., Bishop Emeritus of Mayaguez
 
 
 - Ángel Luis Ríos Matos, Bishop of Mayagüez 
 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce (erected in 1924) 
- Ruben González Medina, C.M.F., Bishop of Ponce 
- Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P., Bishop Emeritus of Ponce
 
 
 - Ruben González Medina, C.M.F., Bishop of Ponce 
 
Presidents
- See footnote[1]
 
- Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez, Archbishop of San Juan (1966–1983; was created a cardinal on March 5, 1973)
 - Bishop Juan Torres Oliver, Bishop of Ponce[2] (1983–1994)
 - Bishop Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P., Bishop of Arecibo (1994–1997)
 - Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas, Bishop of Mayagüez (1997–2000)
 - Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, Archbishop of San Juan (2000–December 2007)
 - Bishop Ruben González Medina, C.M.F., Bishop of Ponce (December 2007–December 2012)
 - Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, Archbishop of San Juan (December 2012-present)
 
CEP's Proper Liturgical Calendar
The proper calendar of Puerto Rico, as requested by the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference and approved by the Holy See:[3]
- 3 January: Our Lady of Bethlehem – Optional Memorial (Memorial – San Juan)
 - 10 January: Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña, virgin – Optional Memorial
 - 4 May: Blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago – Optional Memorial (Memorial - Caguas)
 - 24 June: Nativity of John the Baptist, Patron Saint of Archdiocese of San Juan – Solemnity (San Juan)
 - 27 June: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Patron Saint of Diocese of Arecibo – Feast (Arecibo)
 - 16 July: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (also: Co-Patron Saint of Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao) – Feast
 - 25 July: Saint James the Apostle, Co-Patron Saint of Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao – Feast (Fajardo-Humacao)
 - First Thursday of July: Rogation at the Beginning of the Hurricane Season
 - 26 August: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars, virgin – Optional Memorial
 - 30 August: Saint Rose of Lima, virgin – Feast
 - 31 August: Beheading of John the Baptist – Memorial (Mayagüez)
 - 8 September: Our Lady of Monserrate of Hormigueros, Patron Saint of Diocese of Mayagüez – Feast (Mayagüez)
 - 10 September: Blesseds Carlos Spínola and Jerónimo de Angelis, priests and martyrs – Optional Memorial
 - 11 October: Saint Soledad Torres y Acosta, virgin – Optional Memorial
 - 20 October: Saint Junipero Serra, priest – Memorial
 - 24 October: Saint Antonio Maria Claret, bishop – Memorial
 - 3 November: Saint Martin de Porres, religious – Memorial
 - 6 November: Blessed Fernando Llovera Puigsech, priest, and companions, martyrs – Optional Memorial (Arecibo)
 - 19 November: Our Lady, Mother of Divine Providence, Patroness of Puerto Rico – Solemnity
 - 27 November: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal – Optional Memorial
 - Fourth Thursday of November: Ember Day of Thanksgiving and Rogation for Human Activity
 - 9 December: Saint Juan Diego, Guadalupe Seer – Optional Memorial
 - 12 December: Our Lady of Guadalupe (also: Patron Saint of Diocese of Ponce) – Feast
 - 16 December: Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Memorial
 - II & III Feriae of the IV Week of Easter: Rogation for Vocations to Holy Orders and Consecrated Life
 - Monday after Pentecost: Blessed Mary, Mother of the Church, Patron Saint of the Diocese of Caguas – Feast (Caguas)
 - Thursday after Pentecost: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest – Feast
 
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Puerto Rico
 - Episcopal conference #North America
 - List of the Catholic bishops of the United States #Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico
 - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
 
Footnotes
- ^ a b Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.). GCatholic.org website. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
 - ^ Diocese of Ponce. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
 - ^ Puerto Rican Conference of Bishops, "Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Puerto Rico," Puerto Rico Supplement to the Liturgy of the Hours (Cataño: SM Editions, 2016), p. 5-8.
 
External links
- Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.) (Official Site in Spanish)
 - Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico GCatholic.org website
 - Cheney, David M. Catholic Church in Puerto Rico. Catholic-Hierarchy.org website
 - Periódico El Visitante de Puerto Rico (The Visitor of Puerto Rico) Official Weekly of the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Official Site in Spanish)