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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

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 (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)
Map
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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 / 19.45028; -70.70667



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