Diocese of Barahona
Barahonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Barahona, Dominican Republic
The Diocese of Barahona is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Dominican Republic, erected on 24 April 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and has been led by Bishop Andres Napoleon Romero Cardenas since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 April 1976
- Latin
- Barahonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000825
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 191,000
- Population
- 357,000
- Catholic share
- 53.5%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 6,821
- Extent
- 2,892 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 66
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas
- Born
- 24 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Ramonal Arriba
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Barahona, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Santo Domingo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santo DomingoSanto Domingo
- Diocese of BaníBaní
- Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en HigüeyNuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
- Diocese of San Juan de la MaguanaSan Juan de la Maguana
- Diocese of San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macorís
- Diocese of Stella MarisStella Maris
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barahona (Latin: Dioecesis Barahonensis) was erected on 24 April 1976.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].