Diocese of Barahona, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Barahona / Barahonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santo Domingo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Port-au-Prince (←), San Juan de la Maguana (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1976.04.24: Established as Diocese of Barahona / Barahonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana and became suffragan of Santo Domingo)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2026.08.01 – ...):	Bishop Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. (66) Bishop of Baní (Dominican Republic)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barahona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.08.01 – ...)

Bishop Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas (59)
(2015.02.23 – 2026.06.12)

Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

En nombre de Cristo

Born:	1967.07.24 (Ramonal Arriba, Duarte, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1995.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.25

Priest of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic) (1995.07.08 – 2015.02.23)

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) (2015.02.23 – 2026.06.12)

Bishop of La Vega (Dominican Republic) (2026.06.12 – ...)

Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez
(1999.12.07 – 2015.02.23)

Dios, patria y libertad

Born:	1938.09.12 (Villa Tapia, Hermanas Mirabal, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.22
Died:	2025.12.10 (Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic † 87)

Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1965.03.25 – 1999.12.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1996.05.07 – 1999.12.07)

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) (1999.12.07 – 2015.02.23)

Bishop Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B.
(1976.04.24 – 1999.12.07)

Cristo es nuestra paz

Born:	1932.05.11 (Cabirmota, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.08.28
Died:	2018.08.11 (Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic † 86)

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) (1976.04.24 – 1999.12.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Barahona, Barahona, Enriquillo

Churches by City (25)

Port-au-Prince (←), San Juan de la Maguana (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,975 km²

Population: 251,000 Catholics (54.1% of 463,680 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 42 priests (10 diocesan, 32 religious), 3 deacons, 82 religious (33 brothers, 49 sisters), 6 seminarians