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Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey

Dioecesis A Domina Nostra vulgo de la Altagracia in Higüey, seu Higueyensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1 April 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Dominican Republic
  • Square Kilometers: 5,451 (2,105 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Ave. Dr. Vetilio Alfau Durán 12, Higüey, República Dominicana
  • Telephone: (809)554-2431; 554-4120
  • Fax: 554-2827

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1 April 1959ErectedArchdiocese of Santo Domingo (La Altagracia and El Seibo) Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (erected)
1 February 1997Territory LostDiocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Hato Mayor)
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (San Pedro de Macoris)
Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19669,610240,0004.0%95146866309ap1967
1970274,000.0%10616064413ap1971
1976302,562316,56295.6%13112412,606144914ap1977
1980338,000362,00093.4%1171818,777117214ap1981
1990394,000410,00096.1%13112416,4161166918ap1991
1999304,052357,70985.0%1813319,8083205718ap2000
2000435,029483,36690.0%25123711,7572168519ap2001
2001436,758487,95889.5%23113412,8456178219ap2002
2002441,063493,26389.4%19133213,7838178221ap2003
2003442,100495,30089.3%21153612,2808198822ap2004
2004457,100535,40085.4%23133612,69714153622ap2005
2013509,000613,00083.0%23174012,72515226836ap2014
2016513,996619,42083.0%25204511,4222256036ap2017
2019528,430636,79083.0%25143913,54927205636ap2020
2021509,000613,42883.0%25204511,31127246036ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 689, to Page 691

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