title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey
  
  The Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Latin: Dioecesis Higueyensis) (erected 1 April 1959) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.
  
  ## History
  
  * 1 April 1959: created from territory of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
  * 1 February 1997: lost territory as did the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros to create the Diocese of San Pedro de Macorís
  
  ## Bishops
  
  ### Ordinaries
  
  * Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † (1959 - 1975), became emeritus
  * Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † (1975 - 1995), Archbishop (personal title), became emeritus
  * Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (1995 - 2003), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
  * Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez (2004 - 2020), became emeritus
  * Jesús Castro Marte (2020 - )
  
  ### Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  
  * Pablo Cedano Cedano † , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo in 1996
  