Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey Dioecesis Higueyensis | |
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 Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santo Domingo |
| Metropolitan | Higüey |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,437 km2 (2,099 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 535,400 457,100 (85.4%) |
| Parishes | 22 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1 April 1959 (65 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jesús Castro Marte |
| Bishops emeritus | Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez |
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The Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey ( Latin: Dioecesis Higueyensis) (erected 1 April 1959) 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.
History
- 1 April 1959: created from territory of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo [1]
- 1 February 1997: lost territory as did the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros to create the Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís [2]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † (1959 - 1975), became emeritus
- Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † (1975 - 1995), Archbishop (personal title), became emeritus
- Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (1995 - 2003), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
- Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (2004 - 2020), became emeritus
- Jesús Castro Marte (2020 - )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Pablo Cedano Cedano †, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo in 1996
References
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LI. 1959. pp. 689–91. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. pp. 242–3. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
External links
- "Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
| Province of Santiago de los Caballeros | |
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| Province of Santo Domingo | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions | |
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