Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana information
Roman Catholic diocese in the Dominican Republic
Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Maguanensis
Location
Country
Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province
Province of Santo Domingo
Metropolitan
San Juan de la Maguana
Statistics
Area
7,476 km2 (2,886 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2004) 550,000 450.000 (81.8%)
Parishes
29
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Latin Rite
Established
25 September 1953 (70 years ago)
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Tomás Alejo Concepción
Bishops emeritus
José Dolores Grullón Estrella
Map
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Maguanensis) (erected 25 September 1953 as the Territorial Prelature of San Juan de la Maguana, elevated 19 November 1969) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.
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