Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano (C.E.D.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Dominican Episcopal Conference (English)

Country: Dominican Republic

Address: Apartado 186, Calle Isabel la Católica 55, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Phone: (809)685-3141.43;682.3713

Websites:

Present Officials

President (2026.07.02 – ...):

Bishop Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera (65)

Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (Dominican Republic)

Vice-President (2026.08.02 – ...):

Archbishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán (56)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Bishop emeritus of La Vega (Dominican Republic)

General Secretary (2026.08.02 – ...):

Bishop José Amable Durán Tineo (55)

Titular Bishop of Tacia montana

Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. (65) (2023.07.04 – 2026.08.02)
President: Archbishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez (78) (2020.07.01 – 2023.07.04)
President: Bishop Diómedes Espinal de León (76) (2017.07.07 – 2020.07.01)
President: Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (84) (2014.07.04 – 2017.07.07)
President: Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (89) (2009 – 2014.07.04)
President: Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (86) (2002 – 2009)
President: Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (89) (1984 – 2002)
President: Archbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito (1981 – 1984)
President: Bishop Juan Antonio Flores Santana (later Archbishop) (1979 – 1981)
President: Cardinal Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas (1961 – 1979)
President: Archbishop Ricardo Pittini, S.D.B. (1958 – 1961.12.10)
Vice-President: Bishop Jesús Castro Marte (60) (2023.07.04 – 2026.08.02)
Vice-President: Bishop Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. (65) (later Archbishop) (2017.07.07 – 2023.07.04)
Vice-President: Bishop José Dolores Grullón Estrella (84) (2014.07.06 – 2017.07.07)
Vice-President: Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (84) (2008 – 2014.07.04)
General Secretary: Bishop Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. (66) (2020.07.01 – 2026.08.02)
General Secretary: Bishop Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández (77) (2017.07.07 – 2020.07.01)
General Secretary: Fr. Carmelo Santana Jerez (2011.07.07 – 2017)
General Secretary: Fr. Francisco Antonio Jiménez Rosario (2008 – 2011)

Last updated on 2026.08.15