Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

*Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum*
Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros; Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum
Location
Country	Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santiago de los Caballeros
Metropolitan	Santiago de los Caballeros
Statistics
Area	6,391 km2 (2,468 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 1,065,886; 870,635 (81.7%)
Parishes	86
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 September 1953 (70 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. James the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez (appointed by Pope Francis on Saturday, 23 February 2015; to be installed; formerly, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baní, in Bani, Dominican Republic)
Auxiliary Bishops	Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.
Bishops emeritus	Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (since Saturday, 23 February 2015); Juan Antonio Flores Santana (since 2003)
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum) is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic.

History

Established on 25 September 1953 as the Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros / Sancti Iacobi Equitum (Latin adjective), on territory split off from Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Lost territories on 1978.01.16 to establish two suffragan daughters, Diocese of Mao–Monte Cristi and Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
Promoted on 14 February 1994 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros / Sancti Iacobi Equitum (Latin)
Lost territory again on 1996.12.16 to establish another suffragan daughter, the Diocese of Puerto Plata.

Statistics

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

The Metropolitan has the following suffragan sees :

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Santiago de los Caballeros

- Apostolic Administrator Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas (1953 – 1956.07.22) while Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ (1945.05.02 – 1961.12.10) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1945.05.02 – 1961.12.10); later Apostolic Administrator sede plena of above Santo Domingo (1960 – 1961.12.10), President of Dominican Episcopal Conference (1961 – 1979), Apostolic Administrator of the Military Vicariate of Dominican Republic (1961.12.10 – 1962.12.08), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1961.12.10 – resigned 1981.11.15), Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (1962.12.08 – retired 1982.11.15), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1976.05.24 – death 1990.12.01)

BIOS TO ELABORATE

Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito (1956.07.22 – 1966.03.14)
Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez (1966.03.14 – 1992.04.22)
- Auxiliary bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya (1977.04.13 – 1984.04.20)
Juan Antonio Flores Santana (1992.07.13 – 1994.02.14 see below)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de los Caballeros: BIOS TO ELABORATE

Juan Antonio Flores Santana (see above 1994.02.14 - 2003.07.16)
- Auxiliary bishop Diómedes Espinal de León (2000.04.20 – 2006.05.24)
Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (2003.07.16 – 2015.02.23)
Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martinez (2015.02.23 – ...)
- Auxiliary bishop (2007.10.22 – ...) Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, (M.S.C.), Titular Bishop of Mades
- Auxiliary Bishop (2016.12.14 – ...) Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán, Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta

Notes and references

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Sources and external links

GCatholic - data for all sections
Official website of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
"Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano (Bishops' Conference)

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Province of Santiago de los Caballeros	Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros Diocese of La Vega Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi Diocese of Puerto Plata Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
Province of Santo Domingo	Archdiocese of Santo Domingo Diocese of Baní Diocese of Barahona Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís
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