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Roman Catholic Diocese of Magua
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of
Magua
was a short-lived
Latin
bishopric with see at Magua on
Hispaniola
.
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, 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
, later first
Bishop of Puerto Rico
,