Diocese of Cienfuegos
| Diocese of Cienfuegos | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Cuba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Camagüey |
| Diocesan bishop | Domingo Oropesa Lorente |
| founding | 1903 |
| surface | 5,360 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 496,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 300,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 60.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 18,750 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 11 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 21 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Carlos De Borromeo |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos ( lat. : Dioecesis Centumfocencis ) is an on Cuba situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cienfuegos .
history
The diocese of Cienfuegos was on February 20, 1903 by Pope Leo XIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Actum praeclare from cessions of territory of the diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba as a suffragan diocese. On June 30, 1971, the diocese of Cienfuegos was renamed the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara . The diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara was divided into the dioceses of Cienfuegos and Santa Clara on April 1, 1995 . On December 5, 1998, the diocese of Cienfuegos was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Camagüey as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Cienfuegos
- Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz OCD , 1904-1916
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga OCD, 1922–1925, then Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
- Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau CP , 1935–1961
- Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín , 1961–1971
Bishops of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara
- Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín, 1971
- Fernando Ramon Prego Casal , 1971–1995, then Bishop of Santa Clara
Bishops of Cienfuegos
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverría , 1995–2005, then Bishop of Holguín
- Domingo Oropesa Lorente , since 2007