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Diocese of

Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Santo Domingo

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Pedro de Macorís (←), Mayagüez (→)

History

  • 1959.04.01: Established as Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey / Higueyen(sis) (Latin) / a Domina Nostra vulgo de la Altagracia in Higüey (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo)
  • 1997.02.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís

Papal Visits


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.06.24 – ...):Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (71)Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (71)Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (71)
(2004.06.24 – ...)

Born:1942.03.12 (Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:1997.01.25

Bishop of Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) (1996.12.16 – 2004.06.24)

Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) (2004.06.24 – ...)

Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (73)Bishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (73) (later Archbishop)
(1995.03.25 – 2003.07.16)

Ecce mater tua

Born:1939.09.19 (Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:1965.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:1989.01.06

Titular Bishop of Cerbali (1988.12.02 – 1995.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1988.12.02 – 1995.03.25)

Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) (1995.03.25 – 2003.07.16)

President of Dominican Episcopal Conference (2002 – 2009)

Secretary General of Latin American Episcopal Council (2003 – 2004)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (2003.07.16 – ...)

Archbishop Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito
(1975.05.10 – 1995)

Born:1918.10.13 (Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:1944.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1954.01.31
Died:1996.04.13 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Centenaria (1953.09.25 – 1956.07.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1953.09.25 – 1956.07.22)

Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic) (1956.07.22 – 1966.03.14)

Titular Bishop of Nova Germania (1966.03.14 – 1970.01.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) (1966.03.14 – 1970.01.20)

Titular Archbishop of Mentesa (1970.01.20 – 1975.05.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1970.01.20 – 1975.05.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) (1975.05.10 – 1995)

President of Dominican Episcopal Conference (1981 – 1984)

Bishop Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman
(1959.04.01 – 1975.05.12)

Born:1920.01.27 (Dominican Republic)
Ordained Priest:1947.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1959.05.31
Died:2007.07.21 († 87)

Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Dominican Republic) (1959.04.01 – 1975.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1975.05.12 – 1995.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Arpi (1975.05.12 – 2007.07.21)

Former Prelates


as of 2013.05.03

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