Protestantism in Puerto Rico officially was introduced in 1872 when the first Protestant church in the Anglican tradition was established on the island.
Before the islands of Puerto Rico came under United States sovereignty in 1898, Protestantism was suppressed under Roman Catholic Spanish rule.
[1] Soon after the change of sovereignty, United States Protestant denominations agreed to divide the island in order to facilitate missionary penetration.
In 1907, the Episcopal Church established St. Luke's Hospital in Ponce,[7] the centerpiece of a multi-hospital health services organization today.
[10] In 1940, Juanita Garcia Peraza and her followers founded the "Mita" congregation, the only Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin.