• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua was a short-lived (1504–11) Latin bishopric with its see at Magua (now Concepción de la Vega) 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, canonically split off from its apparent Metropolitan, the Spanish Archdiocese of Sevilla.
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.




Episcopal Ordinary


Suffragan Bishop of Magua
Bishop-elect Alonso Manso (born 1460 Spain) (1504.11.15 – 1511.08.08), later first Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico, now an insular area of the US) (1511.08.08 – death 1539.09.27).),




See also


List of Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic




Sources and external links



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• Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
• Magua (disambiguation)
• Ciguayo language
• Macorix language
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyaguata
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción de la Vega
• Cathedral of San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Alonso Manso
• Pedro Suárez de Deza