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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Coordinates: 19°27′01″N 70°42′24″W / 19.45028°N 70.70667°W / 19.45028; -70.70667
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Iacobi Equitum
Location
CountryDominican Republic
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Santiago de los Caballeros
MetropolitanSantiago de los Caballeros
Statistics
Area6,391 km2 (2,468 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,065,886
870,635 (81.7%)
Parishes86
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established25 September 1953 (71 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. James the Apostle
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopHéctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez
Metropolitan ArchbishopHéctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez
Auxiliary BishopsCarlos Tomás Morel Diplán
Bishops emeritusRamón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (since Saturday, 23 February 2015
Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.
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]
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Iacobi Equitum) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic.

History

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Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,118,000 Catholics (83.7% of 1,336,000 total) on 3,633 km² in 89 parishes and 17 missions with 125 priests (74 diocesan, 51 religious), 132 deacons, 350 lay religious (136 brothers, 214 sisters) and 37 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

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The Metropolitan has the following suffragan sees :

Bishops

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(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Santiago de los Caballeros

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Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de los Caballeros

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Auxiliary bishops

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Web Translator".
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19°27′01″N 70°42′24″W / 19.45028°N 70.70667°W / 19.45028; -70.70667