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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

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Parishes
  
86

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
6,391 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Ecclesiastical province
  
Metropolitan
  
Santiago de los Caballeros

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)1,065,886870,635 (81.7%)

Archbishop
  
Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez

Emeritus bishops
  
Ramón Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, Juan Antonio Flores Santana

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum) (erected 25 September 1953 as the Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of La Vega, Mao-Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata and San Francisco de Macorís.The see was elevated to an archdiocese on 14 February 1994.

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Ordinaries

  • Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito (1956–1966)
  • Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez (1966–1992)
  • Juan Antonio Flores Santana (1992–2003)
  • Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (2003–2015)
  • Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martinez, Archbishop-elect (2015-present)
  • Bishops

  • Archbishop: Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpi appointed 16 July 2003; resigned 23 February 2015
  • Archbishop Emeritus: Juan Antonio Flores Santana
  • Bishop Emeritus: Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros Wikipedia


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