Diocese of Ciego de Ávila
| Diocese of Ciego de Ávila | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Cuba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Camagüey |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Gabriel Diaz Ruiz |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega |
| founding | 1996 |
| surface | 7,887 km² |
| Parishes | 5 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 465,628 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 190,343 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 40.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 23,793 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 16 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma |
The Diocese of Ciego de Ávila ( lat. : Dioecesis Caeci Abulensis ) is an on Cuba situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciego de Ávila .
history
The diocese of Ciego de Ávila was established on February 2, 1996 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Universale Ecclesiae from cessions of territory from the diocese of Camagüey . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Camagüey as a suffragan . The first bishop was Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega .
Bishops of Ciego de Ávila
- Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega , 1996-2017
- Juan Gabriel Diaz Ruiz , since 2017
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Universale Ecclesiae , AAS 88 (1996), n.7, pp. 609f.