Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and is comprised of the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico, an American commonwealth. The diocese is led by a prelate bishop which pastors the motherchurch in the City of Mayagüez, Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria.
The See of Mayagüez was canonically erected on March 1, 1976 and is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Province of San Juan de Puerto Rico.
As of June, 2006 the bishop of the See of Mayagüez is Mons. Ulises Casiano Vargas (b. 1927 in Lajas, Puerto Rico).
