Towards the end of that period, in the late 1870s, the Spanish government in Puerto Rico, at the behest of the Anglican bishop of Antigua, allowed the construction of the first Protestant temple in Puerto Rico, the Anglican Holy Trinity Church in Ponce, to serve the spiritual needs of British merchant marines serving the port of Ponce.

The second Protestant temple in Puerto Rico was established by the Anglican church in the village of Isabel Segunda on the island of Vieques.

The United States military forces that disembarked in the Guánica sector that was then a part of the municipality of Yauco in July, 1898, during their long march to the capital city of San Juan, marched through Ponce and, while there, rang for the first time Holy Trinity's church bell, which since then has been known as the "Religious Freedom Bell", commemorating the fact that the First Amendment right to full religious freedom arrived in Puerto Rico in 1898.

Peter Eaton, and the retiring bishop of the Dominican Republic consecrated Morales on July 22, 2017, at a service held at the Pedro Rosselló Convention Center in San Juan.

It shares strong ties with Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Virgin Islands and New York respective episcopal dioceses.