Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic

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The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is the predominant Christian institution in the country, historically influential in its social and political life and formally recognized through a 1954 concordat with the Holy See.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious organization ⓘ
part of the Catholic Church ⓘ
celebratesNationalMarianFeast Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia ⓘ
communionWith Holy See ⓘ
concordatSignedWith Government of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Holy See ⓘ
concordatYear 1954 ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
denomination Catholic Church ⓘ
governedBy Dominican Episcopal Conference ⓘ
hasArchdiocese Archdiocese of San Pedro de Macorís ⓘ
Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros ⓘ
hasClergyType diocesan clergy ⓘ
religious orders and congregations ⓘ
hasDioceses Diocese of Baní ⓘ
Diocese of Barahona ⓘ
Diocese of La Vega ⓘ
Diocese of Mao-Monte Cristi ⓘ
Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey ⓘ
Diocese of Puerto Plata ⓘ
Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís ⓘ
Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana ⓘ
Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís ⓘ
hasDiplomaticFrameworkWithState 1954 concordat between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic ⓘ
hasLeader Pope ⓘ
hasMetropolitanArchdiocese Archdiocese of Santo Domingo ⓘ
hasMilitaryOrdinariate Military Ordinariate of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
historicalInfluenceOn Dominican culture ⓘ
Dominican education ⓘ
Dominican politics ⓘ
Dominican social life ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod Spanish colonial era ⓘ
influences public morality debates in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
introducedBy Spanish colonization ⓘ
involvedIn education system of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
legalStatus formally recognized religion ⓘ
majorityOfPopulationAffiliation Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
majorShrine Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia in Higüey ⓘ
nationalMarianFeastDay 21 January ⓘ
operates Catholic schools in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Catholic universities in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
participatesIn public religious festivals and processions ⓘ
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Santo Domingo ⓘ
patroness Our Lady of Altagracia ⓘ
predominantReligionIn Dominican Republic ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfLiturgy Spanish ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalRite Roman Rite ⓘ
ritualForm Latin Church ⓘ
secondaryLanguageOfLiturgy Latin ⓘ
supremePontiffResidence Vatican City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Concordat between the Holy See and the Dominican Republic (1954) → appliesTo → Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Dominican Revolutionary Party government → opposedBy → Catholic Church hierarchy in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic