Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

The Holy See established the Catholic Diocese in Santo Domingo on November 15, 1504 , with the bull Illius fulciti praesidio of Pope Julius II .

• Bishop Francisco García de Padilla, OFM ( August 13, 1511 - 1515 );
• Bishop Alessandro Geraldini ( November 23, 1516 - March 8, 1524 );
• Bishop Luis de Figueroa, OSH ( 1524 - 1526 );
• Bishop Sebastian Ramirez de Fuenleal ( December 23, 1528 - July 29, 1538 , named Bishop of Tui );
• Archbishop Alfonso de Fuenmayor ( October 27, 1538 - March 1, 1554 );
• Archbishop Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva ( April 24, 1556 - January 26, 1560 , named with the personal title, Archbishop of Ciudad Rodrigo );
• Archbishop Juan de Salcedo ( January 9, 1562 - 1562 );
• Archbishop Juan de Arzólaras, OSH ( February 15, 1566 - September 17, 1568 , named, with the personal title, by Archbishop Isola Canaria );
• Archbishop Francisco Andrés de Carvajal, OFM ( May 10, 1570 - April 7, 1577 );
• Archbishop Alfonso López de Ávila ( March 14, 1580 - November 29, 1591 , was named Archbishop of Santafe en Nueva Granada );
• Archbishop Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, OFM ( July 13, 1592 - December 1, 1599 );
• Archbishop Agustín Dávila Padilla, OP ( August 17, 1599 - June 26, 1604 );
• Archbishop Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, OP ( September 25, 1606 - May 28, 1608 , named with the personal title, Archbishop of La Paz );
• Archbishop Cristóbal Rodríguez y Suárez, OP ( June 2, 1608 - October 7, 1612 , is named, with the personal title, by the Archbishop of Arequipa );
• Archbishop Diego de Contreras, OSA ( June 18, 1612 - April 24, 1618 );
• Archbishop Pedro de Solier y Vargas, OSA ( December 16, 1619 - July 9, 1620 );
• Archbishop Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O.Cist. ( January 22, 1621 - July 10, 1628 , is named, with a personal title, by the Archbishop of Quito );
• Archbishop Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, OSA ( November 13, 1628 - July 16, 1629 , named, with a personal title, by the Archbishop of Cusco );
• Archbishop Bernardino de Almansa Carrión ( September 17, 1629 - December 15, 1631 , named Archbishop of Santafe-en-Nueva-Granada );
• Archbishop Facundo (Fernando) de la Torre, OSB ( January 2, 1632 - September 25, 1640 );
• Archbishop Diego de Guevara y Estrada ( January 13, 1642 - April 1642 );
• Maestro Valderas, O. de M. ( 1647 - 1648 );
• Archbishop Francisco Pio Guadalupe Téllez ( November 23, 1648 - March 5, 1660 );
• Archbishop Francisco de la Cueva Maldonado ( August 21, 1662 - October 15, 1667 );
• Archbishop Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza ( February 27, 1673 - March 20, 1677 , named, with a personal title, by the Archbishop of Yucatan );
• Archbishop Domingo Fernández Navarrete, OP ( May 4, 1682 - February 26, 1686 );
• Archbishop Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera, O. de M. ( March 3, 1687 - April 16, 1700 );
• Archbishop Francisco del Rincón, OM ( December 14, 1705 - February 26, 1714 , named with the personal title, Archbishop of Caracas );
• Archbishop Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quiñones ( April 12, 1717 - January 29, 1725 , named Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada );
• Archbishop Francisco Mendigaño Armendáriz ( April 8, 1726 - October 30, 1728 );
• Archbishop Juan de Galabis, O.Praem. ( May 28, 1729 - March 3, 1738 , named Archbishop of Santafe-en-Nueva-Granada );
• Archbishop Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu ( March 3, 1738 - May 20, 1743 , named Bishop of Tlaxcala );
• Archbishop Ignacio Padilla Estrada, OSA ( May 20, 1743 - May 28, 1753 , named, with a personal title, by the Archbishop of Yucatan );
• Archbishop José Moreno Guriel, O.SS.T. ( May 21, 1753 - November 27, 1755 );
• Archbishop Felipe Ruiz Ausmendi ( March 28, 1757 - September 8, 1766 );
• Archbishop Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, OSBas. ( December 14, 1767 - September 12, 1788 );
• Archbishop Fernando del Portillo y Torres, OP ( September 15, 1788 - October 29, 1798 , named Archbishop of Santafe en Nueva Granada );
• Archbishop Pedro Valera y Jiménez ( April 14, 1814 - March 19, 1833 );
• Archbishop Tomás de Portes e Infante ( January 20, 1848 - April 8, 1858 );
• Archbishop Antonio Cerezano Camarena ( January 27, 1860 - July 11, 1860 );
• Archbishop Bienvenudo Monzón y Martín ( April 7, 1862 - June 8, 1866 , named Archbishop of Granada );
• Archbishop Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè, OFM ( March 8, 1871 - November 13, 1874 , named Apostolic Vicar of Constantinople );
• Archbishop Rocco Cocchia, OFMCap. ( July 13, 1874 - August 9, 1883 , named Archbishop of Otranto );
• Archbishop Fernando Antonio Arturo de Merino y Ramírez ( July 3, 1885 - August 20, 1906 );
• Archbishop Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla Adolfo ( August 20, 1906 - October 11, 1935 );
• Archbishop Ricardo Pittini Piussi, SDB ( October 11, 1935 - December 10, 1961 );
• Cardinal Octavio Beras Rojas ( December 10, 1961 - November 15, 1981 );
• Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez ( November 15, 1981 - July 4, 2016 );
• Archbishop Francisco Osoria Acosta ( July 4, 2016 - present).

• Diocese Bani ;
• Diocez Barahona ;
• Diocez Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higuey ;
• Diocez of San Juan de la Maguana ;
• Diocez San Pedro de Macoris .

• Annuario Pontificio , Vatican, 2011.

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