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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey

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Metropolitan
  
Higüey

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
5,437 km²

Parishes
  
22

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
Dominican Republic

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 535,400 457,100 (85.4%)

Established
  
1 April 1959 (57 years ago)

Bishop
  
Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez

Cathedral
  
Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Higüey, Dominican Republic

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Latin: Dioecesis Higueyensis) (erected 1 April 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.

Ordinaries

  • Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † (1959 - 1975) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito (1975 - 1995)
  • Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (1995 - 2003)
  • Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (2004 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey Wikipedia
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