Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi
Maoën(sis)-Montis Christi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
Latin rite diocese in the northwestern Dominican Republic, erected on 16 January 1978 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros. Its seat is the Catedral Santa Cruz in Mao, Valverde. Bishop Diomedes Espinal de Leon has led the diocese since 24 May 2006.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1978
- Latin
- Maoën(sis)-Montis Christi
- Annuario code
- 001002151
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 380,000
- Population
- 400,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 5,758
- Extent
- 4,841 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 78
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Diomedes Espinal de Leon
- Born
- 25 August 1949
- Birthplace
- Villa Trina
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Santa Cruz, Mao stands in Mao-Monte Cristi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Santiago de los Caballeros
A suffragan of Santiago de los Caballeros.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballeros
- Diocese of La VegaLa Vega
- Diocese of Puerto PlataPuerto Plata
- Diocese of San Francisco de MacorísSan Francisco de Macorís
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi (Latin: Dioecesis Maoënsis-Montis Christi) was erected on 16 January 1978.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.