Dominican Republic

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
12 Jun 1966		Archbishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros
13 Jul 1975		Bishop Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario	Bishop Emeritus of Baní
28 Aug 1976		Bishop Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona
21 May 1977		Bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís
5 Nov 1977		Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
25 Feb 1978		Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez	Archbishop of Santo Domingo
4 Mar 1978		Bishop Jerónimo Tomás Abreu Herrera	Bishop Emeritus of Mao-Monte Cristi
23 Apr 1983		Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Roman Curia
3 Sep 1988		Archbishop François Robert Bacqué	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
6 Jan 1989		Bishop Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo
6 Jan 1989		Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
22 Jun 1991		Bishop José Dolores Grullón Estrella	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana
8 Dec 1992		Bishop Antonio Camilo González	Bishop of La Vega
6 Jul 1996		Bishop Pablo Cedano Cedano	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo
6 Jul 1996		Bishop Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo
25 Jan 1997		Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
15 Mar 1997		Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís
19 Sep 1998		Bishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Bishop of Baní
6 Jan 2000		Archbishop Józef Wesołowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
22 Jan 2000		Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez	Bishop of Barahona
2 Jun 2000		Bishop Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi
19 Mar 2001		Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio	Archbishop of United States of America, Military
16 Jul 2005		Bishop Julio César Corniel Amaro	Bishop of Puerto Plata
8 Dec 2007		Bishop Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros

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