Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

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Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo map
Basic data
Country Dominican Republic
Diocesan bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta
Auxiliary bishop Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández
Faustino Burgos Brisman CM
José Amable Durán Tineo (appointed)
Emeritus diocesan bishop Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez
Vicar General Abrahám Apolinario
surface 4,032 km²
Parishes 214 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 )
Residents 3,639,313 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 )
Catholics 3,457,347 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 )
proportion of 95%
Diocesan priest 190 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 )
Religious priest 288 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 )
Catholics per priest 7.233
Permanent deacons 159 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 )
Friars 610 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 )
Religious sisters 2,235 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación
Website http://arquidiocesisd.org
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Baní
Diocese of Barahona
Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís
Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo ( Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Dominici , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Santo Domingo ) is a in the Dominican Republic situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Santo Domingo .

history

The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo was established on August 8, 1511 by Pope Julius II with the papal bull Romanus pontifex as the diocese of Santo Domingo . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Seville as a suffragan . The diocese of Santo Domingo gave on December 18, 1534 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Guatemala .

On February 12, 1546 the diocese of Santo Domingo was by Pope Paul III. elevated to an archbishopric with the papal bull Super universas orbis ecclesiae . The dioceses of Comayagua , Coro , San Juan de Puerto Rico and Santiago de Cuba were subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo as suffragan dioceses. In 1795 the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo was dissolved as a result of the Peace of Basel .

On November 16, 1816, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo was re-established by Pope Pius VII with the papal bull Divini praeceptis . In addition, the Archbishop of Santo Domingo was awarded the title of Primate of the West Indies . At that time, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo comprised the entire island of Hispaniola . In 1848, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo was stripped of its metropolitan status. On October 3, 1861, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo gave up parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Cap-Haïtien , Les Cayes , Les Gonaïves , Port-au-Prince and Port-de-Paix . These five now formed the province of Port-au-Prince in Haiti . As a result of Pope Pius XII. The pontifical bull Si magna et excelsa issued on September 25, 1953, resulted in further assignments of territory to establish the dioceses of La Vega and Santiago de los Caballeros and the territorial prelature of San Juan de la Maguana . In addition, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo became a metropolitan diocese again. The Pope John XXIII. adopted papal bull Solemne est nobis following the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo on April 1, 1959 parts of its territory to establish the diocese Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey . As a result of the Papal Bull Spiritali christifidelium issued by Pope John Paul II on November 8, 1986, another cession of territory to establish the Diocese of Baní took place .

See also

Web links

Santa María de la Encarnación Cathedral in Santo Domingo