• Source: Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic

The Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana) is the diocese of the Anglican Communion which covers all of the Dominican Republic. It is in Province IX of The Episcopal Church and includes about 60 parishes. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Epiphany in the see city of Santo Domingo. Moisés Quezada Mota is the current diocesan bishop.




History


Benjamin Isaac Wilson, a teacher of the Christian faith, brought Anglicanism to the Dominican Republic in 1897 when he immigrated from the Virgin Islands. Wilson was ordained a priest the following year by James Theodore Holly, bishop of the Independent Haitian Episcopal Church. The American Episcopal Church began missionary work in the Dominican Republic when the country was occupied by the United States Marine Corps. William Wyllie, who arrived in 1918, and Archibald Beer, who arrived in 1920, were the first missionaries. The bishops of Puerto Rico and Haiti supervised the mission territory from 1918 to 1960. The Missionary District of the Dominican Republic was established by the General Convention in 1940. Paul Axtell Kellogg became the first resident Bishop of the Dominican Republic in 1960. The Dominican Republic became a missionary diocese in 1970, and it became the Diocese of the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1986.




Bishops


Paul Axtell Kellogg (1960–1972)
Telésforo Isaac (1972–1991)
Julio César Holguín (1991–2017)
Moisés Quezada Mota (2017–Present)




Companion Dioceses


The Diocese of the Dominican Republic maintains companion diocese relationships with several Episcopal dioceses in the United States:

Central Gulf Coast
East Carolina
Eastern Michigan
Georgia
Michigan
Nebraska
Northwest Texas
South Carolina
Southeast Florida
Southwest Florida
Western Louisiana
Western Michigan




References






External links


The Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic

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• Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic
• Episcopal Cathedral of the Epiphany-Union Church of Santo Domingo
• Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church
• Outline of the Dominican Republic
• Episcopal Diocese of Haiti
• List of Kappa Alpha Order members
• Moisés Quezada Mota
• Province 9 of the Episcopal Church
• Religion in the Dominican Republic
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)