Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos
Diocese of Cienfuegos Dioecesis Centumfocencis | |
|---|---|
 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Camagüey |
| Metropolitan | Cienfuegos |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 485,000 293,600 (60.5%) |
| Parishes | 22 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 February 1903 (118 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. The original Diocese of Cienfuegos was erected in 1903 and renamed as the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. That diocese was split in 1995 to form the Dioceses of Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.
Bishops[]
Ordinaries[]
- , O.C.D. (1904 - 1916)
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1922 - 1925), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
- , C.P. (1935 - 1961)
- (1961 - 1971)
- (1971 - 1995)
- (1995 - 2005)
- (since 2007)
Auxiliary bishops[]
- Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández (1969-1970), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
- (1969-1970), appointed Bishop here
- (1991-1995), appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]
- , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara in 1998
External links and references[]
- "Diocese of Cienfuegos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
Coordinates: 22°08′46″N 80°27′07″W / 22.1461°N 80.4519°W
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