Archbishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Motto: Dominus Fortitudo Mea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Nov 1969		Born
21 Jun 2000	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
14 Dec 2016	47.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
14 Dec 2016	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Buxentum
25 Feb 2017	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Buxentum
2 Dec 2023	54.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of La Vega, Dominican Republic
18 Oct 2024	54.9	Appointed	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
7 Dec 2024	55.0	Installed	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
18 Oct 2025	55.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

MicroData Summary
Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán
Archbishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán
(born 2 Nov 1969)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo

Event Place
Birth Place Monte de la Jagua, Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
Ordained Bishop Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de los Caballeros, Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal López Rodríguez
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez
Bishop Emeritus of Barahona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez
Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo
Titular Archbishop of Novica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Barahona
Archbishop François Robert Bacqué † (1988)
Titular Archbishop of Gradisca
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Monte de la Jagua, Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros
Ordained Bishop	Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de los Caballeros, Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q28007410

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Dec 2016
ob/c2: CB, 20 Dec 2016
c1+: CB, 25 Feb 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 231, Number 19,341
ab: Bollettino, 18 Oct 2024
ab: Bollettino, 18 Oct 2025

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