Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic became the Diocese of the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1986. The Diocese of the Dominican Republic maintains companion diocese relationships with several Episcopal dioceses in the United States: Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic The Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic () is the diocese of the Anglican Communion which covers all of the Dominican Republic. It is a member of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and it is in Province IX. Its see city is Santo Domingo, and its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Epiphany. Benjamin Isaac Wilson, a teacher of the Christian
Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic killed or wounded in action. The 12,000 pro-Spanish southern forces recruited by Santana had also suffered about 10,000 casualties. The fatal losses among the Cibao-based nationalist armies were estimated at 4,000. Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic In 1861, Dominican general Pedro Santana suggested retaking control of the Dominican Republic to queen Isabella II of Spain, after a period of 17 years of Dominican sovereignty. Newly independent Dominican Republic was economically recovering from the recently ended Dominican War of Independence (1844–1856), when the Republic won its independence against Haiti. Spanish crown and authorities, which scorned and rejected the peace treaties