Francisco Ozoria Acosta

Francisco Ozoria Acosta (born 10 October 1951) is a Dominican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Santo Domingo since 2016 and Military Ordinary of the Dominican Republic since 2017. He was Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís from 1997 to 2016.

Biography Early years Francisco Ozoria Acosta was born on 10 October 1951 in Nagua, Dominican Republic. His basic education took place at Escuela Primaria de Payita and at Mercedes Bello in Nagua and his secondary education at the Seminario Menor San Pío X in Licey al Medio, Santiago de los Caballeros, which he entered on 30 September 1967. He studied philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in Santiago de los Caballeros and theology in the in Santo Domingo.

On 4 July 2016, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Santo Domingo. His appointment was unexpected, as it moved him from a diocese with a population of a half million to another of five million and he was "barely known to the media". He described himself as "passionate follower of the Second Vatican Council, above all of the ecclesiology of communion that underpins our national pastoral program". He was installed in Santo Domingo on 10 September.

On 2 January 2017, Francis named him Military Ordinary of the Dominican Republic as well. He received the pallium that represents his status as a metropolitan archbishop from Francis on 30 June 2017.

Within the Dominican Episcopal Conference he was, from 2008 to 2014, president of the commissions on international Eucharistic Congresses, on the pastoral care of migrants, and on the Haitian pastorate. Since 2014 he has headed the commissions on the laity and on youth.

Ozoria is the Grand Prior of the Dominican Republic Magistral Delegation of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, which was established in 2024.