Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

History

• Established on 25 September 1953 as the Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros / Sancti Iacobi Equitum, on territory split off from Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
• Lost territories on 1978.01.16 to establish two suffragan daughters, Diocese of Mao–Monte Cristi and Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís
• Promoted on 14 February 1994 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros / Sancti Iacobi Equitum
• Lost territory again on 1996.12.16 to establish another suffragan daughter, the Diocese of Puerto Plata.

  Statistics

Ecclesiastical province

• Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Plata
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís.

  Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

• *Apostolic Administrator Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas while Titular Archbishop of Euchaitæ and Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo ; later Apostolic Administrator sede plena of above Santo Domingo, President of Dominican Episcopal Conference, Apostolic Administrator of the Military Vicariate of Dominican Republic, Metropolitan Archbishop of above Santo Domingo , Military Vicar of Dominican Republic, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto
• Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito
• Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez
• * Auxiliary bishop Jesús María de Jesús Moya
• Juan Antonio Flores Santana

• Juan Antonio Flores Santana
• * Auxiliary bishop Diómedes Espinal de León
• Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio
• Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martinez
• * Auxiliary bishop Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo,, Titular Bishop of Mades
• * Auxiliary Bishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán, Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta

  Auxiliary bishops

• Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, appointed Bishop here
• Jesús María de Jesús Moya, appointed Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís
• Diómedes Espinal de León, appointed Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi
• Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.
• Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán (2016-

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of Puerto Plata in 1996
• José Amable Durán Tineo, appointed auxiliary bishop of Santo Domingo in 2020