Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic

The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide .

organization

The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is the largest religious community in the Dominican Republic . 95% of Dominicans are Catholics. The largest diocese, Santo Domingo, has 4,566,088 Catholics. It is followed by the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros with 1,023,000 and the Diocese of La Vega with 748,000 Catholics.

Octavio Antonio Cardinal Beras Rojas , Archbishop of Santo Domingo, was founded in 1976 by Pope Paul VI. appointed first cardinal of the Dominican Republic. Pope John Paul II visited the Dominican Republic in 1979, 1984 and 1992.

The chairman of the Dominican Bishops' Conference (CED) is Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio . The Apostolic Nuncio in the Dominican Republic is Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader .

The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is divided into two archbishoprics and nine associated suffragan dioceses .

Dioceses in the Dominican Republic

• Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros : Diocese of La Vega , Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi , Diocese of Puerto Plata , Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
• Archdiocese of Santo Domingo : 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

See also

• List of Archbishops of Santo Domingo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIA World Factbook: Dominican Republic (English) data from July 2009
2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 678.
3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 675.
4. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 400.

Web links

• Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)