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Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

Archidioecesis Sancti Dominici



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 12 February 1546
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Dominican Republic
  • Square Kilometers: 3,995 (1,543 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://arquidiocesisd.org
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Apartado 186, Calle Isabel la Católica 55, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
  • Telephone: (809)685-3141/3; 622-1221

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Santo Domingo
8 August 1511ErectedDiocese of Santo Domingo (erected)
11 February 1516Territory LostDiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Baracoa (All Cuba) (Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa) (erected)
10 January 1534Territory LostDiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Santa Marta (erected)
3 November 1534Territory LostDiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Nicaragua (erected)
18 December 1534Territory LostDiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala (erected)
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
12 February 1546ElevatedDiocese of Santo Domingo Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
3 October 1861Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Cap-Haïtien (erected)
Diocese of Les Cayes (erected)
Diocese of Les Gonaïves (erected)
Diocese of Port-de-Paix (erected)
3 October 1861Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (West department) Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince (erected)
25 September 1953Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (Le Vega, Duarte, Samaná, and Sánchez Ramírez) Diocese of La Vega (erected)
25 September 1953Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (S. Rafael, Benefactor, Baoruco, Independencia, Barahona, and Azua) Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana (erected)
25 September 1953Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (Monte Cristi, Libertador, Santiago Rodríguez, Puerto Plata, Santiago, Espaillat, and Salcedo) Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (erected)
25 September 1953ElevatedArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (becomes a Metropolitan (again))
1 April 1959Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (La Altagracia and El Seibo) Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (erected)
8 November 1986Territory LostArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (Peravia and San Cristóbal) Diocese of Baní (erected)
1 February 1997Territory LostDiocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Hato Mayor)
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (San Pedro de Macoris)
Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
19502,165,0002,185,00099.1%4111715813,7029433165ap1951
1964996,3901,016,77598.0%341411755,69323261142ap1967
19701,084,8181,356,07380.0%241792035,34325872165ap1971
19761,573,9981,748,88690.0%292212506,29532179782ap1977
19801,941,0002,066,00093.9%352112467,890532879783ap1981
19901,736,0001,925,00090.2%531852387,29416586647109ap1991
19992,502,6172,634,33495.0%872383257,70019430808141ap2000
20002,524,7172,698,89893.5%992433427,38221394802137ap2001
20012,586,8932,874,32690.0%1052533587,22522425838152ap2002
20022,810,7782,960,55694.9%1192643837,33823483869161ap2003
20032,895,1013,049,37294.9%1492644137,00944392888171ap2004
20043,110,3113,274,01295.0%1392694087,62368372894186ap2005
20104,890,2505,770,52984.7%17428345710,7001555432,226212ap2011
20143,457,3473,639,31395.0%1902884787,2321596102,235214ap2015
20173,511,2803,900,70390.0%2102945046,9661666532,280216ap2018
20203,607,4004,007,19490.0%2271683959,1321585461,063215ap2021
20223,850,0004,277,00090.0%2381684069,4822095101,063215ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Santo Domingo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 187
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 186
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 199
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 148

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