Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum |
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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 (63 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. |
Emeritus Bishops | 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.
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 Metropolitan has the following suffragan sees :
(all Roman Rite)
Coordinates: 19°27′01″N 70°42′24″W / 19.45028°N 70.70667°W