Diocese of Puerto Plata
Diocese of Puerto Plata | |
Basic data | |
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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
- Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez , 1996–2004, then Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
- Julio César Corniel Amaro , since 2005