Diocese of

Barahona

Dominican Republic

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 6,974 km²

Population: 228,320 Catholics (54.3% of 420,280 total) (2018)

Statistics: 24 parishes, 1 mission, 26 priests (13 diocesan, 13 religious), 3 deacons, 63 lay religious (14 brothers, 49 sisters), 6 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santo Domingo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Port-au-Prince (←), San Juan de la Maguana (↑)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

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History

1976.04.24: Established as Diocese of Barahona / Barahonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Barahona

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.02.23 – ...):

Bishop Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barahona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas (53)
(2015.02.23 – ...)

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic)

En nombre de Cristo

Born:	1967.07.24 (Ramonal Arriba, Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1995.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.25

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) (2015.02.23 – ...)

Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (82)
(1999.12.07 – 2015.02.23)

Bishop emeritus of Barahona (Dominican Republic)

Dios, patria y libertad

Born:	1938.09.12 (Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.22

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) (1999.12.07 – 2015.02.23)

Bishop Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B.
(1976.04.24 – 1999.12.07)

Cristo es nuestra paz

Born:	1932.05.11 (Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.08.28
Died:	2018.08.11 († 86)

Bishop of Barahona (Dominican Republic) (1976.04.24 – 1999.12.07)

as of 2021.04.16