Ponce and Salinas - The Piarist Fathers
Ponce and Salinas - The Piarist Fathers
Ponce and Salinas - The Piarist Fathers
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<strong>The</strong> Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico<br />
2250 Boulevard Luis A. Ferré Aguayo<br />
<strong>Ponce</strong>, Puerto Rico 00717-9997<br />
Our Lady of Montserrat Parish<br />
3 Calle Miguel Ten, Frente a la Plaza<br />
P.O. Box 1172<br />
<strong>Salinas</strong>, PR 00751-1172<br />
1854: Our Lady of Montserrat Parish in <strong>Salinas</strong>, PR opened in the Diocese of<br />
Puerto Rico.<br />
1924: <strong>The</strong> Diocese of Puerto Rico became the Diocese of San Juan. At the same<br />
time, the new Diocese of <strong>Ponce</strong> was erected from the Diocese of San Juan. Our<br />
Lady of Montserrat Parish became a part of the new Diocese of <strong>Ponce</strong>.<br />
1948: Bishop James E. McManus of <strong>Ponce</strong> <strong>and</strong> Bishop James P. Davis of San Juan<br />
co-founded the Catholic University of Santa Maria in <strong>Ponce</strong>, PR.<br />
1950: <strong>The</strong> name of the university was changed to the Catholic University of<br />
Puerto Rico.<br />
1956: Bishop James E. McManus invited the <strong>Piarist</strong>s from our Aragon Province in<br />
Spain to work in the Diocese of <strong>Ponce</strong>. He asked them to minister at Our Lady of<br />
Montserrat Parish in <strong>Salinas</strong> <strong>and</strong> at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico in<br />
<strong>Ponce</strong>.<br />
1956-1961: Some <strong>Piarist</strong>s served the parish community of Our Lady of Montserrat<br />
Parish. <strong>The</strong>y lived in the church rectory.
1956-1961: Some <strong>Piarist</strong>s taught at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
also helped care for the boarding students <strong>and</strong> lived in the students’ residence<br />
halls.<br />
1960 (November 26): <strong>The</strong> <strong>Piarist</strong> community of <strong>Ponce</strong> was canonically<br />
established.<br />
1961 (January 8): All of the <strong>Piarist</strong>s in <strong>Salinas</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ponce</strong> moved into a new<br />
residence on the university campus.<br />
1991: With the approval of Pope John Paul II, the name of the university was<br />
changed to the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.<br />
2002: Pope John Paul II appointed a <strong>Piarist</strong>, Bishop Felix Lazaro, as the Coadjutor<br />
Bishop of <strong>Ponce</strong>.<br />
2003: Bishop Felix Lazaro, Sch.P. became the Bishop of <strong>Ponce</strong>. In this position, he<br />
also serves at the Gr<strong>and</strong> Chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto<br />
Rico.<br />
2007: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Piarist</strong>s decided to end our working relationship with the university <strong>and</strong><br />
to close the community of <strong>Ponce</strong>. <strong>The</strong> two remaining <strong>Piarist</strong>s moved to our<br />
community in Coto Laurel, PR.<br />
IN GRATITUDE TO THE PIARIST FATHERS, WHO MINISTERED AT THE<br />
PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO IN PONCE:<br />
Father Miguel Álvarez Hern<strong>and</strong>o<br />
Father Daniel Cañada<br />
Father José Larreátegui<br />
Bishop Félix Lázaro<br />
Father José Mateo Aznar<br />
Father Moises Navascués<br />
Father Francisco Riaño<br />
Father Cesáreo Tiesto
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