Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic

People in the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, first cathedral of the New World.

The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 5 million Catholics in the Dominican Republic (48% of the population).[1] In 2020, just over 50% of Dominicans identified as Catholic,[2] served by 1140 priests across 709 parishes.[3]

  1. ^ Latinobarometro, Opinion Publica Latinoamericana, Enero 2018.
  2. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2022 Dominican Republic, US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  3. ^ Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 20234-08-01