Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
Sancti Ioannis Maguanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
Latin rite diocese in the southwestern Dominican Republic, erected on 25 September 1953 as the Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana and elevated to a diocese on 19 November 1969. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo with its seat at the Catedral San Juan Bautista. Bishop Tomas Alejo Concepcion has led the diocese since his appointment on 7 November 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 September 1953
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis Maguanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002915
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 450,000
- Population
- 550,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.8%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 10,465
- Extent
- 7,476 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 60
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
- Tomas Alejo Concepcion
- Born
- 15 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Villa Tapia
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 San Juan Bautista, San Juan de la Maguana stands in San Juan de la Maguana, 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 Santo Domingo
A suffragan of Santo Domingo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santo DomingoSanto Domingo
- Diocese of BaníBaní
- Diocese of BarahonaBarahona
- Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en HigüeyNuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
- Diocese of San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macorís
- Diocese of Stella MarisStella Maris
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.