Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba | |
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 Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción | |
| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Santiago de Cuba |
| Metropolitan | Santiago de Cuba |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 1,050,000 255,500 (24.3%) |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1518 |
| Cathedral | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.[1][2]
The diocese's name was changed to the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese. The archdiocese is the home of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.
Bishops[]
- Diocese of Baracoa
Erected: 1518
- Juan de Witte Hoos, O.P. (1517–1525) Resigned[3]
- Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
Name Changed: 28 April 1522
Latin Name: Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
- Sebastián de Salamanca (1525–1526) Died[3]
- Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. (1530–1534) Died[3]
- Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart. (1535–1544) Resigned[3]
- Fernando de Uranga (1550–1556) Died[3]
- Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1561–1564) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala[3]
- Juan del Castillo (bishop) (1564–1578) Resigned)[3]
- Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. (1580–1597) Appointed, Bishop of Nicaragua)[3]
- Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. (1597–1602) Died[3][4]
- Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1602–1610) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala[4]
- Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. (1610–1624) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán[4]
- Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D. (1623–1624) Died[4]
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1625–1629) Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara[4]
- Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. (1629–1644) Died[4]
- Martín de Zelaya y Oláriz (1645–1649) Resigned[4]
- Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1649–1653) Died[4]
- Juan de Montiel (1655–1657) Died[4]
- Pedro de Reina Maldonado (1659–1660) Died before he was consecrated[4]
- Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1661–1668) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala[4]
- Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (1668–1671) Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)[4][5]
- Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón (1671–1676) Died[5]
- Juan Antonio García de Palacios (1677–1682) Died[5]
- Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. (1683–1684) Died[5]
- Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (1685–1704) Died[5]
- , O.S.Bas. (1705–1729) Died[5]
- (1730) Resigned
- Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.S.A. (1730–1731) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
- , O.F.M. (1731–1752) Died
- (1753–1768) Died
- (1770–1788) Appointed, Bishop of Tlaxcala)
- (1789–1791) Died
- (1792–1823) Died
- Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Elevated: 24 November 1803
- (1824–1831) Died
- Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. (1831–1849) Died
- St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. (1850–1859) Died
- (1859–1861) Died
- (1861–1868) Died
- José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (1875–1889) Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- José María Cos y Macho (1889–1892) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Madrid
- , O.F.M. (1894–1899) Resigned
- (1899–1913) Died
- , S.D.B. (1915–1925) Resigned
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1925–1948) Died
- (1948–1968) Died
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1970–2007) Retired
- (Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez) (2007–present)
Auxiliary bishops[]
- , O.S.B. (1705-1711)
- , O.F.M. (1732-1745), appointed Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
- (1746-1762), appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
- (1768-1769), appointed Bishop here
- , O.F.M. Cap. (1784-1787), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1967-1970), appointed Archbishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]
- Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas, appointed Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans), USA in 1794
- , appointed Bishop of Camagüey in 1948
- Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos in 1969
- , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana in 1991
- , appointed Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa in 2018
Territorial losses[]
| Year | Along with | To form |
|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana | |
| 1912 | Diocese of Camagüey | |
| 1979 | Diocese of Holguín | |
| 1995 | Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo | |
| 1998 | Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa |
The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.
External links and references[]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 19, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 19, 2016
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 182.
|volume=has extra text (help) (in Latin) - ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 206.
|volume=has extra text (help) (in Latin) - ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 225. (in Latin)
- "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- Havana puts on New Face for Pope[permanent dead link] by Phillip True, Express News, January 21, 1998
Coordinates: 20°01′16″N 75°49′46″W / 20.0210°N 75.8295°W
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