![]() These groups dominated the Protestant movement in the earlier part of the 20th century, but in the 1960s and 1970s Pentecostal churches saw the most growth. Many of the Protestant groups in DR had connections with organizations in United States including Evangelical groups like Assemblies of God, Dominican Evangelical Church, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. West Indian Protestants arrived on the island late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, and by the 1920s, several Protestant organizations were established all throughout the country, which added diversity to the religious representation in the Dominican Republic. During the 1820s, Protestants migrated to the Dominican Republic from the United States. ![]() Morgan Foley was the leader of Protestantism for women in the 1800s. Main article: Protestantism in the Dominican Republic Protestantism and other Christian religions The following work in the country as pastoral agents: 1,073 priests (624 secular clergy and 449 religious clergy), 530 permanent deacons, 91 members of secular institutes, 35 lay missionaries, 267 brothers, 621 major seminarians, 3,125 consecrated religious, 50,114 catechists. There are 25 living bishops: a cardinal archbishop emeritus, a papal nuncio, three archbishops and 20 bishops. There are 648 parishes without counting the chapels and cathedrals and 1,056 pastoral care centers. There are twelve ecclesiastical circumscriptions, two being archdioceses or metropolitan sees, nine dioceses and one military ordinariate. New National Sanctuary Santo Cristo de los Milagros de Bayaguana.Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception De la Vega.Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia (Higüey).The Dominican Catholic Church also stands out for having one of the largest areas in the country and using Religious tourism that takes tours to sanctuaries and outstanding churches in the country, including: The largest Christian TV in the country, La Voz de María, is based in the north this broadcasts nationally and internationally, and has a Web Radio with headquarters in the Concepcion La Vega that transmits to the whole country. It hosts a TV statation, Televida (Channel 41) and a radio station Vida FM 105.3, also belonging to Radio ABC 540am in the National District the director until now is Father Kennedy Rodríguez. Multimedia Vida is located in Santo Domingo and is from the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo. Udeca (Union of Catholic radio stations).The Dominican Catholic Church also has several media outlets including: The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has formed a large part of the history of the country, and it is known as the largest humanitarian aid Institution, it is also in charge of school education in the area of Integral and Religious Human Formation and others also of the revision of it. The most professed denomination by far is Roman Catholicism Main article: Roman Catholicism in the Dominican Republic
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