Diocese of Holguín
| Diocese of Holguín | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Cuba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba |
| Diocesan bishop | Emilio Aranguren Echeverría |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez |
| founding | 1979 |
| surface | 14,089 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,655,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 444,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 26.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,323 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 10 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 54 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | St. Isidore |
| address | Apartado 286 Calle Martí 136 Holguín 80100, Cuba |
The diocese of Holguín ( Latin Dioecesis Holguinensis , Spanish Diócesis de Holguín ) with its seat in Holguín belongs together with the Cuban dioceses Guantánamo-Baracoa and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo to the Roman Catholic church province of Santiago de Cuba .
Pope John Paul II established the diocese on January 8, 1979 and at the same time appointed Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez as the first bishop, whose resignation due to reasons of age was Pope Benedict XVI. accepted on November 14, 2005. He is succeeded by Emilio Aranguren Echeverría , who was previously Bishop of Cienfuegos .
