Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic

Assembly of Catholic bishops in the Dominican Republic

Conference of the Dominican EpiscopateConferencia del Episcopado Dominicano

Abbreviation| CED
Formation| 1962
Type| Episcopal conference
Purpose| To support the ministry of bishops
Headquarters| Santo Domingo

Region served

| The Dominican Republic

Membership

| Active and retired Catholic bishops of the Dominican Republic

President

| Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez
Website| ced.org.do

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The Conference of the Dominican Episcopate (Spanish: Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano, CED) is the body of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The first Episcopal National Commission of the Dominican Republic was established in 1954. Its name was changed to the Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano on 22 September 1962, when the Holy See approved its statutes. The first plenary meeting of the CED met in 1963, and the episcopal commissions were created in 1966.

The main bodies which make up the conference are the Plenary Assembly, the Permanent Council, its Secretary General, 16 committee and a national ecclesiastical court.

The CED is a member of the Latin American Episcopal Conference.

## List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference

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* 1958-1961: Ricardo Pittini, Archbishop of Santo Domingo
* 1961-1979: Octavio Beras Rojas, Archbishop of Santo Domingo
* 1979-1981: Juan Antonio Santana Flores, Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
* 1981-1984: Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito, Archbishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey
* 1984-2002: Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo
* 2002-2008: Ramón Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey and Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
* 2008-2017: Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo
* 2017-2020 Diómedes Espinal de León, Bishop of Mao-Monti Cristi
* 2020-2023: Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez, Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
* 2023-present: Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros

## Publications

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The conference issued a pastoral letter on the relationship between humanity and the environment (Sobre la relación del hombre con la naturaleza) on 21 January 1987.[1]

## See also

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* Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic

## References

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1. ^ Pope Francis, Laudato si': On Care for our Common Home, paragraph 92, published 24 May 2015, accessed 25 July 2023

## External links

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* Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano

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