Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Francisci de Macoris) (erected 16 January 1978) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros.

Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís Dioecesis Sancti Francisci de Macoris
Catedral Santa Ana
Location
Country	Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santiago de los Caballeros
Metropolitan	San Francisco de Macorís
Statistics
Area	3,682 km2 (1,422 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 743,000 591,000 (79.5%)
Parishes	48
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 January 1978 (46 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Ann
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera
Bishops emeritus	Jesús María de Jesús Moya Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo
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Bishops

Ordinaries

• Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (16 January 1978 – 15 November 1981)
• Jesús María de Jesús Moya (20 April 1984 – 31 May 2012)
• Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo (31 May 2012 – 15 May 2021)
• Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera (15 May 2021 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Julio César Corniel Amaro, appointed Bishop of Puerto Plata in 2005
• Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas, appointed Bishop of Barahona in 2015
• Francisco Ozoria Acosta, appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo in 2016

External links and references

• "Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.