List of churches in the Diocese of Ponce

This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Diocese of Ponce, one of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.[1] The jurisdiction of this diocese comprises the Puerto Rican municipalities of Adjuntas, Arroyo, Coamo, Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Patillas, Peñuelas, Ponce, Salinas, Santa Isabel, Villalba and Yauco.[2]

The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ponce.[3]

Municipality of Adjuntas

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Juan González
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Yahuecas
San Francisco de Asís Garzas
San Joaquín y Santa Ana Adjuntas Pueblo 1815 Main town parish of Adjuntas, located in the Plaza Poeta Arístides Moll Boscana. The current church building dates to 1968.[4]
Santa Ana Vegas Arriba
Santa Rosa de Lima Pellejas
Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús Vegas Arriba

Municipality of Arroyo

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Palmas
Nuestra Señora de la Milagrosa Ancones
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Arroyo Pueblo 1855 Main town parish of Arroyo, located across from the Plaza Samuel F. B. Morse.[5] Served by the Dominican Sisters of Fátima.[6]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Pitahaya
San Francisco de Asís Yaurel
San José Yaurel
San Martín de Porres Yaurel

Municipality of Coamo

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Inmaculado Corazón de María Palmarejo
Nuestra Señora de Lourdes San Ildefonso
Nuestra Señora de Valvanera Coamo Pueblo 1685 Historic brick masonry chapel, today it forms part of the Colegio Nuestra Señora de Valvanera high school campus.[7]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Hayales
San Antonio de Padua Los Llanos
San Blas de Illescas Coamo Pueblo 1579 Main town parish of Coamo, located in the Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera. One of the oldest parishes in the island, the current structure was finished in 1661, with additional Baroque ornamentation added in 1784.[8][9]
San Martín de Porres San Ildefonso

Municipality of Guánica

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Cristo Rey Susúa Baja
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Susúa Baja 1953 Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima, former sugarcane plantation and manor house, today part of the Convent of the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, owned by the congregation since 1962.[10]
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Ciénaga Community church of Fuig.
Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Susúa Baja
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Montalva Community church of Guaypao.
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Ensenada 1963 Community chapel established in the early 20th century to serve the Catholic communities in the poblado of Ensenada and Central Guánica. The church was elevated to parish in 1963.[3]
San Antonio Abad Guánica Pueblo 1888 Main town parish of Guánica, located in the Plaza Manuel Jiménez. The first church building was destroyed by the 1928 San Felipe hurricane and rebuilt to its current one in 1953.[11]
San Judas Tadeo Carenero Community church of La Luna.

Municipality of Guayama

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Cristo Rey Caimital Community church of Olimpo.
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Pozo Hondo Community church of Cimarrona.
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Algarrobo
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Carmen Community church of the pueblito del Carmen.
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Guamaní
San Antonio de Padua Guayama Pueblo 1736 Main town parish of Guayama, located in the Plaza Cristóbal Colón. The current church building dates to 1775, and its towers and façade to 1874.[12]
San José Obrero Algarrobo Community church of Branderí.
San Martín de Porres Carite
Santos Apóstoles Pedro y Pablo Jobos

Municipality of Guayanilla

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Inmaculada Concepción de María Guayanilla Pueblo 1840 Main town parish of Guayanilla, located in the Plaza Luis Muñoz Marín. The church was destroyed by the 2020 earthquake and is still under reconstruction.[13][14]
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Macaná
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Consejo
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Sierra Baja
Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Magas
San Martín de Porres Macaná

Municipality of Jayuya

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Jayuya Pueblo 1883 Main town parish of Jayuya, located in the Plaza Nemesio Rosario Canales Rivera. The first 19th-century structure was destroyed by the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, and the current church building, designed by Francisco Porrata Doria,[15] dates to the 1930s.[16]
Nuestra Señora de la Providencia Jayuya Abajo
San Antonio de Padua Mameyes Arriba

Municipality of Juana Díaz

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Divina Misericordia Amuelas Community church of Piedra Aguzá.
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Jacaguas
Nuestra Señora de la Merced Río Cañas Arriba
Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Sabana Llana
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Guayabal
San Judas Tadeo Río Cañas Abajo
San Martín de Porres Capitanejo Community church of Potala Pastillo.
San Ramón Nonato Juana Díaz 1798 Main town parish of Juana Díaz, located in the Plaza Román Baldorioty de Castro. The current Baroque-style church building dates to 1807.[17]
Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús Capitanejo Community church of Arús.
Schoenstatt Sabana Llana 1988 Schoenstatt shrine of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement.[18]

Municipality of Patillas

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Cristo Rey Bajo Community church of Lamboglia.
Inmaculado Corazón de María Patillas Pueblo 1811 Main town parish of Patillas, located in the Plaza Adelina Cintrón.[19] The first permanent stone church was built in 1848 and destroyed in 1928 by the San Felipe Segundo hurricane. The current church, designed by Francisco Porrata Doria, dates to the 1930s.[15]
Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria Guardarraya
Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Marín
San Juan Evangelista Mulas
Santa Rosa de Lima Pollos

Municipality of Peñuelas

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Divino Niño Tallaboa Alta
Inmaculado Corazón de María Tallaboa Poniente
La Milagrosa Rucio
Sagrado Corazón Encarnación
San José Peñuelas Pueblo 1793 Main town parish of Peñuelas, located in the main town square. The current church building was designed by Francisco Porrata Doria and built in 1929,[15] after the original church was heavily damaged by the 1918 earthquake and the 1928 San Felipe Segundo hurricane.[20]
Santa Ana Tallaboa Alta
Santa Cruz Barreal

Municipality of Ponce

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Buen Pastor Canas 1968
Corazón de Jesús Sabanetas 1969
Corazón de María Bucaná
Cristo Rey Machuelo Abajo 1964
La Milagrosa Sexto 1928 Served by the Paulist Fathers.[21]
Nuestra Señora de Fátima Marueño
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Segundo 1670 Cathedral and main town church of Ponce, located in the Plaza Las Delicias. Elevated to parish church in 1692 and then to cathedral in 1924. The cathedral is a regional center for the devotion of Our Lady of Guadalupe since 1757 (the oldest outside of Mexico),[22] and Las Mañanitas, an annual celebration dedicated to her, takes place each December there.[23][24]
Nuestra Señora de la Merced Cuarto 1928 Elevated to parish in 1929. Served by the Mercedarian Order. Church building designed by Francisco Luis Porrata Doria.[25]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Playa 1876 Parish established in 1886, the second oldest in Ponce. Served by the Piarist Fathers.[26]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Primero 1883 Historic chapel, originally part of the former Santo Asilo de Damas hospital, today located in the Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell.[27]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Coto Laurel 1973
Resurrección Machuelo Arriba 1967 Served by the Piarist Fathers.[28]
San Conrado Primero 1948 Served by the Capuchin Friars. It hosts the Colegio San Conrado parochial school.[29]
San José Obrero Canas 1979 Community church of El Tuque.
San Judas Tadeo San Antón 1963 Pilgrimage site part of the Santuario Insular San Judas Tadeo, founded by Bishop Jaime E. McManus. Served by the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.[30]
San Martín de Porres Real
Santa Ana Guaraguao
Santa María Reina Canas Urbano 1952 The current Modernist church building, designed by Carl B. Brunner, was erected in 1957 on the grounds of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Served by the Congregation of St. Paul the Apostle.[31]
Santa Teresita Segundo 1930
Santisima Trinidad Magueyes 1971
Santísimo Sacramento Playa 1986

Municipality of Salinas

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Espíritu Santo Lapa
Inmaculada Concepción Río Jueyes Community church of Las Ochenta.
La Milagrosa Aguirre Community church of Playa de Salinas.
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Salinas Pueblo 1854 Main town parish of Salinas, located in the Plaza Las Delicias. A chapel existed at the site of the church since as early as 1690. The current church building was erected in 1913.[32]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Palmas
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Aguirre 1946
San José Obrero Quebrada Yeguas
Santa Ana Lapa Community church of El Coco.
Virgen de la Milagrosa Aguirre Community church of the Aguirre poblado.

Municipality of Santa Isabel

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Descalabrado
Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Felicia 2
San Ignacio de Loyola Jauca 1
Santiago Apóstol Santa Isabel Pueblo 1842 Main town parish of Santa Isabel, located in the Plaza de los Fundadores. Designed by state architect Pedro Cobreros and built in stages between 1871 and 1899. The current church building dates to 1965.[32]

Municipality of Villalba

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Villalba Pueblo 1895 Main town parish of Villalba, located in the main town square. Former community church elevated to parish status in 1917, coinciding with the official foundation of the municipality. The current church building dates to the 1930s after the previous structure was destroyed by the 1928 San Felipe Segundo hurricane.[33]
San Juan Evangelista Villalba Arriba
San Pablo Villalba Arriba
Santa Clara de Asís Hato Puerco Abajo Monastery of Santa Clara de Asís, a convent of the Poor Clares.[34]
Santísimo Sacramento Hato Puerco Abajo

Municipality of Yauco

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Susúa Baja Community church of Río Loco.
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Yauco Pueblo 1720 Ruins of the first hermitage of Yauco,[35] which was abandoned in the 1750s when the town was relocated north, to its current location.[36]
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Yauco Pueblo 1755 Main town parish of Yauco, located in the Plaza Fernando de Pacheco y Matos. Elevated to parish status in 1756, coinciding with the foundation of Yauco.[37] The current church building, designed by designed by Francisco Luis Porrata-Doria, dates to 1934.[25]
San Antonio de Padua Diego Hernández
San José Almácigo Bajo
San Martín de Porres Almácigo Bajo
San Martín de Porres Susúa Baja 1969
Santa Lucía Sierra Alta
Santa Rosa de Lima Susúa Alta
Santiago Apóstol Barina
Santo Domingo de Guzmán Susúa Baja 2001

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