Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

Archdiocese of Santo Domingo Archidioecesis Sancti Dominici Arquidiócesis de Santo Domingo
Basílica Catedral Metropolitana Santa María de la Encarnación
Location
Country	Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santo Domingo
Metropolitan	Santo Domingo
Statistics
Area	4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 5,770,529 4,890,250 (84.7%)
Parishes	212
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	8 August 1511 (505 years ago)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Incarnation
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Francisco Ozoria Acosta
Emeritus Bishops	Pablo Cedano Cedano, Amancio Escapa Aparicio, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Dominici; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Santo Domingo) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese 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.

In recognition of the fact that the see was the first established in the Western Hemisphere, the Archbishop of Santo Domingo can use the title of Primate of the Americas, according to the bull of Pope Pius VII Divinis praeceptis issued on 28 November 1816 and ratified by the Concordat between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic signed on 16 June 1954.

The archiepiscopal see is the Santa María la Menor cathedral, a World Heritage Site, dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation, which was designated a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XV in his apostolic letter Inter Americae on 14 June 1920.

As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,457,347 Catholics (95.0% of 3,639,313 total) on 4,032 km² in 214 parishes with 478 priests (190 diocesan, 288 religious), 159 deacons, 2,845 lay religious (610 brothers, 2,235 sisters) and 284 seminarians.

Its suffragan sees are :

(all Roman Rite)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.