The Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua was a short-lived (1504–11) Latin bishopric with see at Magua (now
Concepción de la Vega
La Vega, is the fourth largest city and Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality of the Dominican Republic. It is in La Vega Province. The city is known as the Carnaval epicenter of the Dominican Republic for its tradition and cultur ...
) on
Hispaniola (Greater Antilles).
History
* Established on 1504.11.15 as Diocese of Magua, one of the first bishoprics in the New World, on Spanish-colonial territory in the present
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
, canonically split off from its apparent Metropolitan, the Spanish
Archdiocese of Sevilla
The Archdiocese of Seville is part of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain. The Diocese of Seville was founded in the 3rd century. It was raised to the level of an archdiocese in the 4th century. The current archbishop is José Ángel Saiz Men ...
.
* On 1511.08.08 it was suppressed, having had a single incumbent (who was transferred to another Antillian island), without formal successor, but in fact its see would be restored as
Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción de la Vega and later
Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega ( la, Dioecesis Vegensis) (erected 25 September 1953) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros.
Bishops Ordinaries
* Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. (1956 - 1965)
* Juan Anto ...
.
Episcopal Ordinary
;''Suffragan Bishop of Magua''
*
Bishop-elect
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an Holy Orders, ordained Minister (Catholic Church), minister who holds the fullness of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, sacrament of Holy orders in the Catholic Church, holy orders and is responsible ...
Alonso Manso (born 1460 Spain) (1504.11.15 – 1511.08.08), later first Bishop of
Puerto Rico
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(
Puerto Rico
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, now an
insular area
In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. This includes fourteen U.S. territories administered under U.S. sovereignty, as well as three so ...
of the US) (1511.08.08 – death 1539.09.27).),
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See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic
The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic comprises two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by an archbishop. Each province is subdivided into an archdiocese and dioceses (nine in total), each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
Str ...
Sources and external links
GCatholic - data for all sections
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in America
Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses
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