The Diocese of Ponce announced that Pope Leon XIV appointed Monsignor Geraldo Ramírez Torres as the ninth Bishop of that Diocese. Monsignor Geraldo Ramírez Torres is the first bishop appointed to Puerto Rico by Pope Leo XIV, thus inaugurating a new stage in the pastoral life of the local Church under the current pontificate. Monsignor Ramírez Torres is also the first priest born, raised and fully trained in the Diocese of Ponce who is called to …