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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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