Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Juan de la Maguana / Sancti Ioannis Maguanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santo Domingo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1953.09.25: Established as Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana / Sancti Ioannis Maguanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Santo Domingo)
1969.11.19: Promoted as Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana / Sancti Ioannis Maguanen(sis) (Latin)
1976.04.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Barahona

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.07 – ...):

Bishop Tomás Alejo Concepción (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Juan de la Maguana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tomás Alejo Concepción (60)
(2020.11.07 – ...)

Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Born:	1963.06.15 (Santa Ana, Villa Tapia, Hermanas Mirabal, Cibao Nordeste, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1993.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.01.16

Priest of La Vega (Dominican Republic) (1993.08.07 – 2020.11.07)

Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (2020.11.07 – ...)

Bishop José Dolores Grullón Estrella (82)
(1991.02.20 – 2020.11.07)

Bishop emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic)

Ve, yo te envió

Born:	1942.01.15 (Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Cibao Norte, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.22

Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1970.12.13 – 1991.02.20)

Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1991.02.20 – 2020.11.07)

Vice-President of Dominican Episcopal Conference (2014.07.06 – 2017.07.07)

Bishop Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R.
(1977.07.20 – 1991.02.20)

Apacienta mis ovejas

Born:	1915.11.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.07.20
Died:	2002.11.27 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Equizetum (1976.04.24 – 1977.07.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1976.04.24 – 1977.07.20)

Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1977.07.20 – 1991.02.20)

Bishop Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R.
(1969.11.19 – 1977.07.20)

Born:	1908.12.20 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.11.30
Died:	1992.07.21 († 83)

Bishop-Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1953 – 1956.07.22)

Titular Bishop of Themisonium (1956.07.22 – 1969.11.19)

Bishop-Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1956.07.22 – 1969.11.19)

Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic) (1969.11.19 – 1977.07.20)

Prelates of San Juan de la Maguana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R.
(1956.07.22 – 1969.11.19)

(see above)

Bishop-elect Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R.
(1953 – 1956.07.22)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. (1976.04.24 – 1977.07.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Juan Bautista, San Juan de la Maguana, San Juan, El Valle

Port-au-Prince (↙), Hinche (↖), Mao–Monte Cristi (↑), Santiago de los Caballeros (↗), La Vega (→), Baní (↘), Barahona (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,475 km²

Population: 528,300 Catholics (99.2% of 532,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 43 priests (29 diocesan, 14 religious), 29 deacons, 66 religious (17 brothers, 49 sisters), 11 seminarians