Metropolitan see Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Sancti Dominici
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1511
- Catholics
- 4,890,250
- Priests
- 316
- Territory
- 4,033 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francisco Ozoria Acosta
- Born
- 10 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Nagua
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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.