Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic

People in the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, first cathedral of the New World.

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The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 7.6 million baptised Catholics in the Dominican Republic, (78% of the population), in 11 territorial dioceses and one military ordinariate, served by 800 priests.

Hierarchy[]

Within the Dominican Republic the hierarchy consists of:

• Archbishopric
  • Bishopric

• 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 in Higüey
  • Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
  • Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís
• Military Ordinariate of the Dominican Republic

Church in society[]

The Dominican Republic offers religious freedom, but the Catholic Church still enjoys certain favors, in particular due to a 1954 concordat with the Vatican. Under Rafael Trujillo's government, the power of the Catholic Church was limited. Although the Church remained apolitical during much of the Trujillo era, a 1960 pastoral letter of protest against mass arrests of government opponents seriously strained the relationship with the government.

Gallery[]

See also[]

• List of Central American and Caribbean Saints

References and notes[]

• Dominican Republic-International Religious Freedom Report 2005, U.S. Department of State. November 8, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2006.