Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Plata

Diocese of Puerto Plata Dioecesis Portus Argentarii Diócesis de Puerto Plata
Catedral San Felipe Apóstol
Location
Country	Dominican Republic
Territory	Puerto Plata Province
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santiago de los Caballeros
Metropolitan	Puerto Plata
Statistics
Area	2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 346,520 338,560 (97.7%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 December 1996 (28 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Philip the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Julio César Corniel Amaro
Metropolitan Archbishop	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
Bishops emeritus	Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (1996-2004)
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Plata (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Argentarii) (erected 16 December 1996) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros. The diocese is located in the province of Puerto Plata, in the northern section of the Dominican Republic. The cathedral of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Philip the Apostle, which is located in the city of San Felipe de Puerto Plata,

Bishops

Ordinaries (Bishops of the Diocese)

• Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (1996 - 2004), appointed Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
• Julio César Corniel Amaro (2005 - )

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Santiago Rodríguez Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís in 2017

External links and references

• "Diocese of Puerto Plata". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.