The Military Bishopric of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Obispado Castrense de República Dominicana) is a military ordinariate (quasi-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church.
Military Bishopric of the Dominican Republic Militaris Reipublicae Dominicianae Obispado Castrense de República Dominicana | |
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Location | |
Country | Dominican Republic |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 23 January 1958 (66 years ago) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francisco Ozoria Acosta |
Bishops emeritus | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez |
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
It’s Cathedral Church is the Catedral Castrense Santa Bárbara de los hombres de la mar, a colonial Eclectic Catholic cathedral located in the Ciudad Colonial of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.
As per 2014 it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic and their families in 47 (garrison?) parishes with 64 priests (62 diocesan, 2 religious) and 2 lay religious brothers.
(all Roman Rite)