Roman Catholic Diocese of Baní

Diocese of Baní Dioecesis Baniensis
Location
Country	Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santo Domingo
Metropolitan	Baní
Statistics
Area	2,892 km^2 (1,117 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 747,000 673,000 (80.1%)
Parishes	18
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	8 November 1986 (38 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Regla
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Faustino Burgos Brisman
Bishops emeritus	Victor Emilio Masalles Pere
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baní (Latin: Dioecesis Baniensis) (erected 8 November 1986) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo. Its seat is the cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Regla.

Ordinaries

• Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario (1986 - 1997)
• Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez (1998 - 2015), appointed archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
• Victor Emilio Masalles Pere (2016 - 2023)
• Faustino Burgos Brisman (2014 – present)

References

External links

• "Diocese of Baní". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
• Official website of the Diocese of Bani Archived 2019-04-09 at the Wayback Machine

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