Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos
Diocese of Cienfuegos Dioecesis Centumfocencis | |
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción | |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Camagüey |
Metropolitan | Cienfuegos |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 485,000 293,600 (60.5%) |
Parishes | 22 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 20 February 1903 (121 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Domingo Oropesa Lorente |
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
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, OCD (1904 - 1916)
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD (1922 - 1925), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
- Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, CP (1935 - 1961)
- Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín (1961 - 1971)
- Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1971 - 1995)
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1995 - 2005)
- Domingo Oropesa Lorente (since 2007)
Auxiliary bishops
[edit]- Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández (1969-1970), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
- Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1969-1970), appointed Bishop here
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1991-1995), appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Marcelo Arturo González Amador, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara in 1998
External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Cienfuegos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
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