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Religion-related topics

... that German settlers in Ponce established the first non-Roman Catholic Church in the Spanish Colonies? Yes, the Iglesia Santísima Trinidad, an Lutheran Church founded in 1872, was the first Protestant church in the Spanish Colonies. See: German immigration to Puerto Rico^[1]
... that Bavi Edna Rivera is the first Hispanic woman bishop and the 12th woman bishop in the Episcopal Church?^[2]
... that Puerto Rico has the largest and richest Jewish community in the Caribbean? and that Puerto Rico is the only place in the Caribbean with the three Jewish denominations of Judaism, the Conservative, Reform and Orthodox? See: Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico^[3]
... that Father Francisco Ayerra de Santa María (1630 – 1703) is considered to be Puerto Rico's first native-born poet?^[4]
... that Bishop Juan Alejo de Arizmendi (July 17, 1760-October 12, 1814) was a patriot and the first Puerto Rican to be consecrated Bishop and that he was immortalized by Puerto Rican artist José Campeche in a painting in 1803?^[5]
... that Father Diego de Torres Vargas was the first person to write a book about the history of Puerto Rico?^[6]
... that world-renowned religious minister and member of the Honorary Committee of The Presidential Prayer Team, Rev. Nicky Cruz was once the leader of a notorious New York City street gang called The Mau Maus?
... that Gothic churches are rare in the New World, but that Puerto Rico has two: Porta Coeli, built in 1606 in San German, and Iglesia San José, built in the 1530s in Old San Juan?
... that the Mita Religion founded in 1940 by Juanita García Peraza, is the first Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin?
... that Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan is the only Puerto Rican to become a Roman Catholic cardinal?
... that Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago is the first Puerto Rican person, the first Caribbean-born layperson and the first layperson in the history of the United States to be beatified?^[7]

^ La presencia Germanica en Puerto Rico
^ Diocese of Olympia’
^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour Puerto Rico
^ The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez (1690)
^ Puerto Rico eb
^ A discussion of the flag
^ "Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963)". Blesseds: Table of the Beatifications during the Pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II. The Holy See. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

[1] La presencia Germanica en Puerto Rico

[2] Diocese of Olympia’

[JVL-3] The Virtual Jewish History Tour Puerto Rico

[4] The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez (1690)

[5] Puerto Rico eb

[6] A discussion of the flag

[VaticanList-7] "Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963)". Blesseds: Table of the Beatifications during the Pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II. The Holy See. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

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