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The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 5 million Catholics in the Dominican Republic (48% of the population). [ 1 ] In 2020, just over 50% of Dominicans identified as Catholic, [ 2 ] served by 1140 priests across 709 parishes.
The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic comprises two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by an archbishop. Each province is subdivided into an archdiocese and dioceses (nine in total), each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Dominici; Spanish: Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Santo Domingo) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The see was erected 8 August 1511 as the Diocese of Santo Domingo and elevated to archdiocese ...
The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has formed a large part of the history of the country, and it is known as the largest humanitarian aid Institution, it is also in charge of school education in the area of Integral and Religious Human Formation and others also of the revision of it.
Each of the Greater Antilles — Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico — has its own conference. An exception is the Diocese of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands, whose bishop is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and an Observer to the Antilles Conference.
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic: [1]. Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor (Catedral Primada de América) (Spanish: Basílica Menor de Santa María de la Encarnación), Ciudad Colonial, Santo Domingo
Pages in category "Roman Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez (appointed by Pope Francis on Saturday, 23 February 2015; formerly, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baní, in Bani, Dominican Republic) [1] Map The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros ( Latin : Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Iacobi Equitum ) is a Latin Rite ...