Diocese of La Vega

For the short-lived colonial diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.

Diocese of La Vega Dioecesis Vegensis
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country	Dominican Republic
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santiago de los Caballeros
Metropolitan	Concepción de La Vega
Statistics
Area	4,919 km2 (1,899 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 880,254 610,881 (69.4%)
Parishes	60
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 September 1953 (72 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas
Metropolitan Archbishop	Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C.
Apostolic Administrator	José Amable Durán Tineo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega (Latin: 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.Cap. (1956 – 1965), resigned
• Juan Antonio Flores Santana (1966 – 1992), appointed Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
• Gabriel Antonio Camilo González (1992 – 2015), retired
• Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. (2015 – 2023), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
• Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán (2024 – 2025), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo
• Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas (appointed 2026.06.12)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís in 1978; future Cardinal
• Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo, appointed Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís in 2012
• Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández (priest here, 1978-2002), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo in 2017

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1978	Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros	Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís

External links and references

• "Diocese of La Vega". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
• Official website of the Diocese of La Vega