Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Sancti Dominici
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Dominican capital and primatial see of America, erected in 1511 as one of the first dioceses in the New World and granted metropolitan status on 12 February 1546. Its seat is the Catedral Primada de America (Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor), the oldest cathedral in the Americas, begun in 1514. Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta has led the archdiocese since 2016, with Coadjutor Archbishop Carlos Tomas Morel Diplan installed in November 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 August 1511
- Latin
- Sancti Dominici
- Annuario code
- 001002980
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,890,250
- Population
- 5,770,529
- Catholic share
- 84.7%
- Priests
- 316
- Catholics per priest
- 15,475
- Extent
- 4,033 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,213
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
- Archbishop
- Francisco Ozoria Acosta
- Born
- 10 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Nagua
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 Primada de America (Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor), Santo Domingo stands in Santo Domingo, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaníBaní
- Diocese of BarahonaBarahona
- 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.
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].