Diocese of Matanzas
| Diocese of Matanzas | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cuba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana |
| Diocesan bishop | Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal |
| founding | 1912 |
| surface | 12,964 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 697,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 416,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 59.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 17,333 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 4 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 47 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Carlos De Borromeo |
The Diocese of Matanzas ( lat. : Dioecesis Matansansis ) is an on Cuba situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Matanzas .
history
The diocese of Matanzas was established on December 10, 1912 by Pope Pius X. with the Apostolic Constitution Quae catholicae religioni from cessions of territory from the diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba as a suffragan . On January 6, 1925, the diocese of Matanzas was subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana as a suffragan. The well-known holiday area of Varadero belongs to the diocese of Matanzas with the church of Santa Elvira built in 1938.
Bishops of Matanzas
- Charles Warren Currier , 1913-1914
- Severiano Sainz y Bencamo , 1915-1937
- Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde , 1938-1960
- José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez , 1961–1986
- Mariano Vivanco Valiente , 1987-2004
- Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal , since 2005