The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 5 million Catholics in the Dominican Republic (48% of the population). In 2020, just over 50% of Dominicans identified as Catholic, served by 1140 priests across 709 parishes.
Hierarchy
Within the Dominican Republic the hierarchy consists of: Archbishopric Bishopric
Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
Diocese of La Vega
Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi
Diocese of Puerto Plata
Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Diocese of Baní
Diocese of Barahona
Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey
Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís
Military Ordinariate of the Dominican Republic
Church in society
The Dominican Republic offers religious freedom, and Catholicism is the official religion of the state; this was signed into law by the 1954 concordat with the Vatican. Under Rafael Trujillo's government, the power of the Catholic Church was limited.
Gallery
See also
Religion in the Dominican Republic
Protestantism in the Dominican Republic
Religion in Latin America
List of Central American and Caribbean Saints
References and notes
International Religious Freedom Report 2022 Dominican Republic, U.S. Department of State, 2022 report