Diocese of Puerto Plata

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Diocese of Puerto Plata
Map of the diocese of Puerto Plata
Basic data
Country Dominican Republic
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
Diocesan bishop Julio César Corniel Amaro
Vicar General Francisco Hernández Rodríguez
founding 1996
surface 2,383 km²
Parishes 31 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 405.220 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 335,633 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 82.8%
Diocesan priest 38 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 7 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 7,459
Permanent deacons 24 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 7 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 46 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral San Felipe Apóstol
address Calle José del Carmen Ariza 36
Apartado 674
Puerto Plata
República Dominicana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Plata ( lat. : Dioecesis Portus argentarii , span. : Diócesis de Puerto Plata ) is in the Dominican Republic situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Puerto Plata .

history

The diocese was established on December 16, 1996 by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Ad perpetuam rei memoriam from ceding territories of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.

Bishops of Puerto Plata

See also

Web links

Cathedral of San Felipe Apóstol in Puerto Plata