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Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Archdiocese of Saint Dominic
Latin church
Stemma della diocesi
Diocese suffraganae
Baní, Barahona, Our Lady of Altagracia in Higüey, San Juan de la Maguana, San Pedro de Macorís
Metropolitan archbishop and primate Francisco Ozoria Acosta
Auxiliaries Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández [first] ,
Faustino Burgos Burgos Brisman, C.M. [2] ,
José Amable Durán Tineo [3]
Archbishops emeritus Cardinale Nicolás de Jesús de Jesús Rodríguez Rodríguez
Presbyteri 395, of which 227 secular and 168 regular
9,132 baptized by presbyter
Religious 546 men, 1,063 women
Deacons 158 permanent
Inhabitants 4.007.194
Baptized 3,607,400 (90.0% of the total)
Surface 3,995 km² in the Dominican Republic
Parishes 215 (12 Vicariati)
Erection August 8, 1511
Here romano
Cathedral Santa Maria dell’Acarnazione
Address Section 186, Isabel la Católica 55, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Website arquididocesisd.org
Given by the Pontifical Annuario 2021 ( ch · gc )
Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic
The residence of the Archbishops of Santo Domingo.
The National Sanctuary of the Holy Christ of the Miracles of Bayaguana.

L’ Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (in latino: Archdiocese of Saint Dominic ) is a metropolitan headquarters of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. In 2020 it had 3,607,400 baptized out of 4,007,194 inhabitants. It is lined up by Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta.

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The archbishop also has the title of primate of the Indies. [4]

The Archdiocese includes the district Nacional, which corresponds to the center of the city of Santo Domingo, and the provinces of Santo Domingo and Monte Plata.

Archbishop’s seat is the city of Santo Domingo, where the Cathedral of Santa Maria dell’Agarnazione is located. In Bayaguana stands the national sanctuary of the Holy Christ of miracles ( National Sanctuary Santa Cristo de los Milagros ).

The territory extends over an area of ​​3,995 km² and is divided into 215 parishes divided into 12 pastoral areas.

Ecclesiastical province [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The ecclesiastical province of Santo Domingo, established in 1546, includes the following suffragans:

On November 15, 1504 Pope Julius II with the bubble That supports the protection erected the first ecclesiastical circumscriptions on the island of Hispaniola in New world . It was the archdiocese of Yaguate and two suffragans, Bainoa and Amanguá. The definitive bubble also the limits and territories of the respective jurisdictions. However, due to the opposition of the Spanish regional patronage, the bubble did not become executive. [5]

On August 8, 1511 the same Pope canceled the previous provision and, with the bubble Roman Pont , he erected three new locations, the dioceses of Santo Domingo, of Concepción and San Juan of Puerto Rico (today Archdiocese), all suffrages of the Archdiocese of Seville as previously the American missions were subject to this archdiocese. These three dioceses were the first to be erected on the American continent.

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The first resident bishop of Santo Domingo was an Italian, Alessandro Geraldini, former bishop of Vulturara and Montecorvino, who took possession of the American headquarters in October 1519. [6] He was responsible for the beginning of the works for the construction of the current cathedral, completed and consecrated in 1541.

On June 21, 1531, the diocese of Santo Domingo sold a portion of its territory for the benefit of the erection of the diocese of Venezuela based in chorus, today Archdiocese of Caracas.

On February 12, 1546 Pope Paul III with the bubble Over all the church He raised the diocese of Santo Domingo to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese, assigning them as he suffrays the dioceses of La Vega, of San Juan of Puerto Rico, of choir in Venezuela, of Santiago di Cuba (initially based in Baracoa), Honduras then Trujillo then Comayaguaua (Today Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa), the dioceses of Cartagena and Santa Marta in Colombia, and the abbey of Jamaica. [7]

In 1795 by virtue of the Basel Treaty the whole island of Hispaniola was sold from Spain to France. As a consequence, on 24 November 1803 all the dioceses Suffraganae (Santiago di Cuba, San Cristóbal de la Habana, San Juan of Puerto Rico, Caracas and Guayana), were subtracted from the metropolitan jurisdiction of Santo Domingo and made suffraganes of Santiago di Cuba and of Caracas, high in metropolitan seats. [8]

After 1798 the Archdiocese no longer had bishops for about twenty years for the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and French government; In this same period a constitutional bishop, Guillaume Mauviel, not recognized by Rome, was appointed. [9]

On November 28, 1816 Pope Pius VII with the bubble Divine commandments The diocese of San Juan of Puerto Rico returned to the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo of Santo Domingo of Santo Domingo, officially confirmed the title of “Primate of the Indies” to the Archbishop. [ten] The archdiocese included the whole island of Hispaniola at that moment.

On October 3, 1861, the Archdiocese sold portions of its territory for the benefit of the erection of the Haitian dioceses, who formed a new ecclesiastical province with metropolitan headquarters the Archdiocese of Port-AU-Prince and with the suffragane dioceses of Les Cayes, Les Gonaïves, Cap-Haïtien (today Archdiocese) and Port-De-Paix.

On September 25, 1953 he sold portions of his territory for the benefit of the erection of the dioceses of La Vega and Santiago de Los Caballeros (today Archdiocese) and of the territorial prelature of San Juan de la Maguana (today a diocese).

The arrangement between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic of 16 June 1954 confirmed the title of Primate of the Indies granted by Pope Pius VII to the Archbishops of Santo Domingo. [11]

On April 1, 1959, he sold another portion of territory for the benefit of the erection of the diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey.

On November 8, 1986 he sold a further portion of the territory for the benefit of the erection of the diocese of Baní.

On February 14, 1994, the Santiago de Los Caballeros headquarters was elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese, attributing to her as suffrages the dioceses of La Vega, San Francisco de Macorís and Mao-Monte Christi, erected in 1978.

On March 15, 1997 he still sold a portion of territory for the benefit of the erection of the diocese of San Pedro de Macorís.

The periods of vacancies not exceeding 2 years or not historically ascertained are omitted.

  • Francisco García de Padilla, O.F.M. † (Augu. 13, 1511 – 1515 Declaration) [twelfth]
  • Alessandro Geraldini † (23 November 1516 – 8 March 1524 deceased)
  • Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal † (23 December 1528 – 29 July 1538 appointed Bishop of Tuy)
  • Alfonso de Fuenmayor † (27 Ottobre 1538 – March 1, 1554 Deciduto)
  • Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † (April 24, 1556 – 26 January 1560 appointed Archbishop, personal title, by Ciudad Rodrigo)
  • Juan de Salcedo † (9 January 1562 – 1562 deceased) [14]
  • Juan de Arzólaras, O.S.H. † (February 15, 1566 – 17 September 1568 appointed Archbishop, personal title, of the Canary Islands)
  • Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, O.F.M. † (10 May 1570 – 7 April 1579 deceased)
  • Alfonso López de ávila † (March 14, 1580 – 29 November 1591 appointed archbishop of Santafé in Nueva Granada)
  • Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, O.F.M. † (13 Luglio 1592 – 1o Dicedure 1599 Decept)
  • Agustín Dávila Padilla, O.P. † (17 August 1599 – 26 Giugno 1604 Deceduct)
  • Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. † (25 September 1606 – 28 May 1608 appointed Archbishop, personal title, of La Paz)
  • Cristóbal Rodríguez and Suárez, O.P. † (2 Giugno 1608 – 7 Ottobrob 1612 archaescovo, personal title, di Arequipa)
  • Diego de Contreras, O.S.A. † (June 18, 1612 – 1st September 1616 deceased)
  • Pedro De Solier y Vargas, O.S.A. † (16 December 1619 – 9 July 1620 deceased)
  • Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O.CIST. † (11 January 1621 – 10 July 1628 appointed Archbishop, personal title, of Quito)
  • Fernando De Vera Y Zuñiga, O.S.A. † (13 November 1628 – 16 July 1629 appointed Archbishop, personal title, of Cusco)
  • Bernardino de Almansa Carrión † (17 Settembre 1629 – 15 Dicembre 1631 Arcivescovo di Santafé in Nueva Granada nominate)
  • Facundo (Fernando) of La Torre, O.S.B. † (2 January 1632 – 25 September 1640 deceased)
  • Diego de Guevara y estrada † (13 January 1642 – April 1642 deceased) [14]
  • Francisco Pio Guadalupe Téllez † (23 November 1648 – 5 March 1660 deceased)
  • Francisco de la Cueva Maldonado † (21 August 1662 – 15 October 1667 deceased)
  • Juan de scale and Mendoza † (27 Febraio 1673 – 20 March 1677 in arcisante, personal title, di yucatán)
  • Domingo Fernández Navarrete, O.P. † (May 4, 1682 – 26 February 1686 deceased)
  • Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera, O. De M. † (March 3, 1687 – April 24, 1701 deceased)
  • Francisco del Streetón, O.M. † (14 December 1705 – 26 February 1714 appointed Archbishop, personal title, of Caracas)
  • Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quañones † (12 April 1717 – 29 January 1725 appointed archbishop of Santafé in Nueva Granada)
  • Francisco Mendigaño Armendáriz † (8 April 1726 – 30 October 1728 deceased)
  • Juan de Galabis, o.Porem. † (28 Invention 1729 – 3 March 1738 in the archaez
  • Domingo Pantaleón álvarez de Abreu † (March 3, 1738 – 20 May 1743 appointed bishop of Tlaxcala)
  • Ignacio Padilla Estrada, O.S.A. † (20 May 1743 – 28 May 1753 Appointed Archbishop, personal title, of Yucatán)
  • José Moreno Guriel, O.SS.T. † (28 May 1753 – 27 November 1755 deceased)
  • Felipe Ruiz Ausmendi † (28 March 1757 – 8 September 1766 deceased)
  • Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, O.S.BAS. † (14 December 1767 – 12 September 1788 withdrawn)
  • Fernando del Portillo y Torres, O.P. † (15 September 1788 – 29 October 1798 appointed archbishop of Santafé in Nueva Granada)
  • Pedro Valera y Jiménez † (April 14, 1817 – March 19, 1833 deceased)
  • Tomás de Portes and Infante † (20 January 1848 – 8 April 1858 deceased)
  • Antonio Cerezano Camarena † (January 27, 1860 – 11 July 1860 deceased)
  • Bienvenudo Monzón y Martín † (7 April 1862 – 8 June 1866 appointed archbishop of Granada)
  • Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè, O.F.M.Ref. † (March 8, 1871 – 13 November 1874 appointed Apostolic Vicar of Constantinople)
  • Rocco Cocchia, O.F.M.CAP. † (13 July 1874 – 9 August 1883 appointed archbishop of Otranto)
  • Fernando Antonio Arturo de Merino y Ramírez † (3 July 1885 – 20 August 1906 deceased)
  • Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla [16] )
  • Ricardo Pittini Piussi, s.d.b. † (11 October 1935 – 10 December 1961 deceased)
  • Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas † (10 December 1961 – 15 November 1981 withdrawn)
  • Nicolás de Jesús López Rodriguez (15 nine 1981 1981 – 4 Luglio 2016 ritirato)
  • Francisco Ozoria Acosta, from 4 July 2016

In 2020 the Archdiocese on a population of 4,007,194 people counted 3,607,400 baptized, corresponding to 90.0% of the total.

year population Presbyteri deacons religious parishes
baptized total % number secular regular baptized for presbyter men women
1950 2.165,000 2.185,000 99.1 158 41 117 13.702 ninety four 331 65
1964 996,390 1.016.775 98.0 175 34 141 5,693 232 611 42
1970 1,084.818 1.356.073 80.0 203 24 179 5.343 258 721 65
1976 1.573.998 1.748.886 90.0 250 29 221 6.295 321 797 82
1980 1.941,000 2,066,000 93.9 246 35 211 7.890 5 328 797 83
1990 1,736,000 1,925,000 90.2 238 53 185 7.294 16 586 647 109
1999 2.502.617 2.634.334 95.0 325 eighty seven 238 7,700 19 430 808 141
2000 2.524.717 2.698.898 93.5 342 99 243 7.382 21 394 802 137
2001 2.586.893 2.874.326 90.0 358 105 253 7.225 22 425 838 152
2002 2,810.778 2,960.556 94.9 383 119 264 7.338 23 483 869 161
2003 2.895.101 3.049.372 94.9 413 149 264 7.009 44 392 888 171
2004 3.110.311 3.274.012 95.0 408 139 269 7.623 68 372 894 186
2010 4,890,250 5,770,529 84.7 457 174 283 10,700 155 543 2.226 212
2014 3.457.347 3,639.313 95.0 478 190 288 7.232 159 610 2.235 214
2017 3.511.280 3,900.703 90.0 504 210 294 6.966 166 653 2.280 216
2020 3,607,400 4.007.194 90.0 395 227 168 9.132 158 546 1.063 215
  1. ^ Titular bishop of Febiana.
  2. ^ Bishop of Bararo.
  3. ^ Title Bishop of Tacia Montana.
  4. ^ Agreed between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic . are Vatican.va . URL consulted on February 28, 2021 .
  5. ^ Alberto de la Hera Pérez-Cuesta, The first American dioceses , in «Memory of the X Congress of the International Institute of History of Indian Law», 1995, pp. 587-602.
  6. ^ ( IS ) Roberto María Tisnés Jiménez, Alejandro Geraldini: First resident bishop of Santo Domingo in La Española: friend and defender of Colón , Santo Domingo, 1987.
  7. ^ ( IS ) Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, The Provincial Council of Santo Domingo and Planning of Blacks and Indians , Spanish Journal of Canon Law, 1969, Volume 25, No. 72, pp. 697-698.
  8. ^ ( THE ) Bubble In the universal church of the government , in Raffaele de Martinis, Pontifical of the propaganda of the faith. First part , Volume 4, Rome, 1891, p. 476
  9. ^ Gabriel Debien, Guillaume Mauviel Constitutional Bishop of Santo Domingo (1801-1805) , Basse-Terre, History Society of Guadeloupe, 1981.
  10. ^ ( THE ) Bullarii Roman continuation From the printing Retenda Cameras, 1849, p. 254. URL consulted on September 4, 2020 .
  11. ^ Agreed between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic , AAS 46 (1954), p. 438, article VIII.
  12. ^ Former Bishop of Bainoa from 15 November 1504.
  13. ^ He died before receiving episcopal consecration.
  14. ^ a b He died during the journey that took him to the new world, without taking possession of the location.
  15. ^ Bishop indicated by Catholic Hierarchy , but unknown to Konrad Eubel in his Hierarchy Catholic . See also Alonso Carrillo, Apologetic speeches , 1658, p. 24 v.
  16. ^ Appointed Archbishop of Sergiopoli.

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