Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: San Francisco de Macorís / Sancti Francisci de Macoris (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de los Caballeros

Neighbouring Dioceses: La Vega (↙), Santiago de los Caballeros (←), Puerto Plata (↖), San Pedro de Macorís (↘), Santo Domingo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1978.01.16: Established as Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís / Sancti Francisci de Macoris (Latin) (from Diocese of La Vega and Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros)
1994.02.14: Became suffragan of Santiago de los Caballeros

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.15 – ...):

Bishop Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Francisco de Macorís (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera (64)
(2021.05.15 – ...)

Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Dar razón de la esperanza

Born:	1961.07.05 (San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.07.24

Priest of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic) (1991.01.12 – 2021.05.15)

Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic) (2021.05.15 – ...)

Bishop Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo (84)
(2012.05.31 – 2021.05.15)

Bishop emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Born:	1941.12.15 (Bejucal, Santiago, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1972.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.28

Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic) (1972.11.26 – 2012.05.31)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1996.10.01 – 2012.05.31)

Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic) (2012.05.31 – 2021.05.15)

Bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya (91)
(1984.04.20 – 2012.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Born:	1934.11.28 (Sabana Angosta, Hermanas Mirabal, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1961.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.21

Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1961.03.18 – 1977.04.13)

Titular Bishop of Maxita (1977.04.13 – 1984.04.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1977.04.13 – 1984.04.20)

Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic) (1984.04.20 – 2012.05.31)

Bishop Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (89) (later Cardinal)
(1978.01.16 – 1981.11.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina
Military Ordinary emeritus of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)

Fortes in fide

Born:	1936.10.31 (Barranca, La Vega, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1961.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.02.25
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28

Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic) (1961.03.18 – 1978.01.16)

Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic) (1978.01.16 – 1981.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1981.11.15 – 2016.07.04)

Military Vicar of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (1982.04.04 – 1986.07.21)

President of Dominican Episcopal Conference (1984 – 2002)

Military Ordinary of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) (1986.07.21 – 2017.01.02)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1987 – 1991)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1991 – 1995)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina (1991.06.28 – ...)

President of Dominican Episcopal Conference (2009 – 2014.07.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Ana, San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte, Cibao Nordeste

La Vega (↙), Santiago de los Caballeros (←), Puerto Plata (↖), San Pedro de Macorís (↘), Santo Domingo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,124 km²

Population: 588,686 Catholics (75.0% of 784,413 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes

Personnel: 69 priests (52 diocesan, 17 religious), 94 deacons, 57 religious (17 brothers, 40 sisters), 8 seminarians