Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

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Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum
Location
CountryDominican Republic
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Santiago de los Caballeros
MetropolitanSantiago de los Caballeros
Statistics
Area6,391 km2 (2,468 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
1,065,886
870,635 (81.7%)
Parishes86
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established25 September 1953 (68 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. James the Apostle
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishop (appointed by Pope Francis on Saturday, 23 February 2015; formerly, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baní, in Bani, Dominican Republic)[1]
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus (since Saturday, 23 February 2015)
, M.S.C.
Map
Arquidiócesis de Santiago de los Caballeros.svg

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum) is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic.

History[]

  • Established on 25 September 1953 as the Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros / Sancti Iacobi Equitum (Latin adjective), on territory split off from Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
  • Lost territories on 1978-01-16 to establish two suffragan daughters, Diocese of Mao–Monte Cristi and Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
  • Promoted on 14 February 1994 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros / Sancti Iacobi Equitum (Latin)
  • Lost territory again on 1996-12-16 to establish another suffragan daughter, the Diocese of Puerto Plata.

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,118,000 Catholics (83.7% of 1,336,000 total) on 3,633 km² in 89 parishes and 17 missions with 125 priests (74 diocesan, 51 religious), 132 deacons, 350 lay religious (136 brothers, 214 sisters) and 37 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province[]

The Metropolitan has the following suffragan sees :

Bishops[]

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries[]

Suffragan Bishops of Santiago de los Caballeros[]

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de los Caballeros[]

  • Juan Antonio Flores Santana (see above 1994-02-14 - 2003-07-16)
    • Auxiliary bishop Diómedes Espinal de León (2000-04-20 – 2006.05-24)
  • (2003-07-16 – 2015-02-23)
  • (2015-02-23 – ...)
    • Auxiliary bishop Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, (M.S.C.), (2007-10-22 – ...) Titular Bishop of Mades
    • Auxiliary Bishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán, (2016-12-14 – ...) Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • (1953-1956), appointed Bishop here
  • (1977-1984), appointed Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís
  • (2000-2006), appointed Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi
  • , M.S.C. (2007-2018)
  • (2016- )

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

  • , appointed Bishop of Puerto Plata in 1996
  • , appointed auxiliary bishop of Santo Domingo in 2020

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F02%2F23%2F0144%2F00310.html

Sources and external links[]

  • GCatholic - data for all sections
  • Official website of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
  • "Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  • Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano (Bishops' Conference)

Coordinates: 19°27′01″N 70°42′24″W / 19.45028°N 70.70667°W / 19.45028; -70.70667


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