Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
| Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo | |
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| Country | Cuba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba |
| Diocesan bishop | Alvaro Julio Beyra Luarca |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 8,362 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (12/31/2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 837,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 222,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 26.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,333 |
| Friars | 9 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 15 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo |
| Website | http://www.cocc.trimilenio.net/contens/diocesis/ind_2dioc-bay.htm |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo ( Latin Dioecesis Sanctissimi Salvatoris Bayamensis-Manzanillensis , Spanish diócesis del Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo-Manzanillo ) is an on Cuba situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Bayamo .
history
The diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo was established on December 9, 1995 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabilis Frater from ceding territories of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Cathedral of Santísimo Salvador in Bayamo
Bishops of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
- Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez , 1995–2007, then Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
- Alvaro Julio Beyra Luarca , since 2007
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Venerabilis Frater , AAS 88 (1996), n.3, p. 231f.