Diocese of Barahona
Diocese of Barahona | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Dominican Republic |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santo Domingo |
Diocesan bishop | Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez |
Vicar General | Juan Francisco Féliz Féliz |
founding | 1976 |
surface | 6,974 km² |
Parishes | 24 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 404,900 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 220,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 54.3% |
Diocesan priest | 15 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 8,148 |
Permanent deacons | 4 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Friars | 12 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 50 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
address | Obispado Apartado 170 c / Colón esq. Av. Luperon Barahona República Dominicana |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barahona ( lat. : Dioecesis Barahonensis , span. : Diócesis de Barahona ) is in the Dominican Republic situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Barahona .
history
The diocese of Barahona was founded on April 24, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Papal Bull Ad Animarum from cessions of territory of the diocese of San Juan de la Maguana and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Barahona
- Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos SDB , 1976-1999
- Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez , 1999-2015
- Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas , since 2015