Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
Sancti Francisci de Macoris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Latin rite diocese in the Cibao Nordeste region of the Dominican Republic, erected on 16 January 1978 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros. Its seat is the Catedral Santa Ana in San Francisco de Macoris. The current bishop is Ramon Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1978
- Latin
- Sancti Francisci de Macoris
- Annuario code
- 001002897
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 591,000
- Population
- 743,000
- Catholic share
- 79.5%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 8,096
- Extent
- 3,682 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 161
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
- Ramon Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera
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
Catedral Santa Ana, San Francisco de Macoris stands in San Francisco de Macorís, 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 Santiago de los Caballeros
A suffragan of Santiago de los Caballeros.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballeros
- Diocese of La VegaLa Vega
- Diocese of Mao-Monte CristiMao-Monte Cristi
- Diocese of Puerto PlataPuerto Plata
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].