Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic
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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). In 2020, just over 50% of Dominicans identified as Catholic, served by 1140 priests across 709 parishes.
Hierarchy
Within the Dominican Republic the hierarchy consists of:
- Archbishopric
- Bishopric
- Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
- Diocese of La Vega
- Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi
- Diocese of Puerto Plata
- Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
- Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
- Diocese of Baní
- Diocese of Barahona
- Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey
- Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
- Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís
- Military Ordinariate of the Dominican Republic
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Church in society
The Dominican Republic offers religious freedom, and Catholicism is the official religion of the state; this was signed into law by the 1954 concordat with the Vatican. Under Rafael Trujillo's government, the power of the Catholic Church was limited.
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