Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Dominici; Spanish: Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Santo Domingo) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic. The see was erected 8 August 1511 as the Diocese of Santo Domingo and elevated to archdiocese on 12 February 1546.[1][2]

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Dominici

Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Santo Domingo
Basílica Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación
Location
CountryDominican Republic
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Santo Domingo
MetropolitanSanto Domingo
Statistics
Area4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
5,770,529
4,890,250 (84.7%)
Parishes212
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established8 August 1511 (512 years ago)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Incarnation
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Ozoria Acosta
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández
  • Faustino Burgos Brisman
  • José Amable Durán Tineo
Bishops emeritusNicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
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In recognition of the fact that the see was the first established in the New World, the Archbishop of Santo Domingo can use the title of Primate of the Indies, according to the bull of Pope Pius VII Divinis praeceptis issued on 28 November 1816 [3] and ratified by the Concordat between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic signed on 16 June 1954.[4][5]

The archiepiscopal see is the Santa María la Menor cathedral, a World Heritage Site, dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation, which was designated a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XV in his apostolic letter Inter Americae on 14 June 1920.[6]

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,457,347 Catholics (95.0% of 3,639,313 total) on 4,032 km2 in 214 parishes with 478 priests (190 diocesan, 288 religious), 159 deacons, 2,845 lay religious (610 brothers, 2,235 sisters) and 284 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are :

History

Leadership

Bishops of Santo Domingo

Erected: August 8, 1511

Archbishops of Santo Domingo

Elevated February 12, 1546

Coadjutor archbishops

  • Elías Rodríguez Ortiz (1857); did not succeed to the see
  • Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (1904–1906)
  • Luis Antonio de Mena y Steinkoft (1922–1932); did not succeed to the see
  • Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas (1945–1961); future Cardinal
  • Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito (1970–1975); did not succeed to the see; appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey

Auxiliary bishops

  • Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. (1945–1951)
  • Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario (1975–1986), appointed Bishop of Baní
  • Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman (1975–1995)
  • Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (1988–1995), appointed Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
  • Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. (1988–2002)
  • Pablo Cedano Cedano (1996–2013)[26]
  • Amancio Escapa Aparici, O.C.D. (1996–2016)
  • Pablo Cedano Cedano (1996–2018)
  • Victor Emilio Masalles Pere (2010–2016), appointed Bishop of Baní
  • Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández (2017–present)
  • Jesús Castro Marte (2017–2020), appointed Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
  • Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. (2017–present)
  • José Amable Durán Tineo (2020–present)

See also

References

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  2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Pius 7.> (1849). Bullarii Romani continuatio Summorum Pontificum Clementis 13., Clementis 14., Pii 6., Pii 7., Leonis 12. et Pii 8. (dal v. 11: ..., Pii 8. et Gregorii 16.) constitutiones, literas in forma brevis, epistolas ad principes viros, et alios, atque allocutiones (poi anche: alloquutiones) complectens: Tomus decimus quartus continens pontificatus Pii 7. annum decimum septimum ad octavum (in Italian). ex typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae. Primatis Indiarum"
  4. "Concordat Watch - Dominican Republic | Trujillo's Concordat (1954)". www.concordatwatch.eu. Retrieved 2020-09-03. The Archbishop of Santo Domingo shall have the title of Primate of the Indies, in accordance with the Bull of Pius VII Divinis Praeceptis of 28th of September 1816.
  5. "Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic". GCatholic. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  6. "Benedictus PP. XV Litterae Apostolicae Inter Americae". Holy See. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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  8. Starr, Kevin (2016). Continental ambitions : Roman Catholics in North America : the Colonial experience. San Francisco. ISBN 978-1-62164-118-6. OCLC 949870420.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jones, W.A. (1912). "Archdiocese of Santo Domingo". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13.

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