Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic

The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

People in the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, first cathedral of the New World.
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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),[1] in 11 territorial dioceses and one military ordinariate, served by 800 priests.

Hierarchy

Within the Dominican Republic the hierarchy consists of:

  • Archbishopric
    • Bishopric

Church in society

The Dominican Republic offers religious freedom, but the Catholic Church still enjoys certain favors, in particular due to a 1954 concordat with the Vatican. Under Rafael Trujillo's government, the power of the Catholic Church was limited. Although the Church remained apolitical during much of the Trujillo era, a 1960 pastoral letter of protest against mass arrests of government opponents seriously strained the relationship with the dictatorship.

See also

References and notes
  1. Latinobarometro, Opinion Publica Latinoamericana, Enero 2018.
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