Diocese of Stella Maris
Stella Maris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Stella Maris, Dominican Republic
Latin rite diocese in the Greater Santo Domingo area covering Santo Domingo Este, San Antonio de Guerra and Boca Chica, erected on 27 August 2025 by Pope Leo XIV from territory of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, of which it is a suffragan. It counts 64 parishes and about 943,762 Catholics. Its first bishop, Manuel Antonio Ruiz de la Rosa, was appointed the day the diocese was erected, with its seat at the Catedral Stella Maris in Santo Domingo Este.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 August 2025
- Latin
- Stella Maris
- Patron
- Our Lady, Star of the Sea
- Annuario code
- 001005134
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 943,762
- Population
- 1,291,516
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.1%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 9,934
- Extent
- 588 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,605
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
- Manuel Antonio Ruiz de la Rosa
- Born
- 27 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Bayaguana
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 Stella Maris, Santo Domingo Este stands in Stella Maris, 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 Juan de la MaguanaSan Juan de la Maguana
- Diocese of San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macorís
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.