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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.
The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church– comprising the northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Dorado, Toa Baja, Cataño, Toa Alta, Bayamón, Guaynabo, San Juan, Trujillo Alto, and Carolina.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mao–Monte Cristi is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Plata is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros. The diocese is located in the province of Puerto Plata, in the northern section of the Dominican Republic. The cathedral of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Philip the Apostle, which is located in the city of San Felipe de Puerto Plata,
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros.
The Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.
The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The see was erected 8 August 1511 as the Diocese of Santo Domingo and elevated to archdiocese on 12 February 1546.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile is one of the five Latin metropolitan sees of the Catholic Church in Chile.
The Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in northern Ecuador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná, southern Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão is a Latin archdiocese in Brazil.
Medjana is a town and commune (municipality) in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. It is the (approximate) location the ancient city and bishopric of Vardimissa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
The Conference of the Dominican Episcopate is the body of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The first Episcopal National Commission of the Dominican Republic was established in 1954. Its name was changed to the Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano on 22 September 1962, when the Holy See approved its statutes. The first plenary meeting of the CED met in 1963, and the episcopal commissions were created in 1966.
The St. James the Apostle Cathedral is a Catholic church located in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, the capital of Santiago Province in the Dominican Republic. It was baptized thus in honor of St. James the Greater, the disciple of Jesus, the son of Zebedee and Salome.
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