Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa
| Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Cuba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba |
| Diocesan bishop | Silvano Pedroso Montalvo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés |
| founding | 1998 |
| surface | 6,565 km² |
| Parishes | 12 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 516,302 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 198,995 ( 12/31/2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 38.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 24,874 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 16 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Santa Catalina de Ricci |
| Co-cathedral | Nuestra Señora de la Asunción |
The diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa ( Latin Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis , Spanish diócesis de Guantánamo Baracoa ) is an on Cuba situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Guantánamo .
history
The diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa was established on January 24, 1998 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Spirituali Christifidelium from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Guantánamo-Baracoa
- Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés , 1998-2006
- Wilfredo Pino Estévez , 2006–2016, then Archbishop of Camagüey
- Silvano Pedroso Montalvo , since 2018
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Spirituali Christifidelium , AAS 90 (1998), n.3, p. 195f.
