Evelio Díaz Cía
Evelio Díaz Cía (born February 17, 1902 in San Cristóbal , Pinar del Río , † July 21, 1984 in Havana ) was a Cuban Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana .
Life
His parents were the teacher Arturo Díaz y Díaz, born in Los Palacios, and his wife Francisca Cía y López, born in San Cristóbal. After training at the diocese seminary, Evelio Díaz Cía received the sacrament of ordination on September 12, 1926 in Havana . After various activities in pastoral care, he was appointed Professor of Church History, Sociology and Catholic Social Doctrine on September 10, 1936 at the seminary of San Carlos and San Ambrosio.
On December 26, 1941, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the Bishop of Pinar del Río . The episcopal ordination donated him on March 1, 1942 in the cathedral of Pinar del Río Archbishop George Joseph Caruana , Apostolic Nuncio in Cuba; Co- consecrators were Enrique Pérez Serantes , Bishop of Camagüey , and Alberto Martín Villaverde , Bishop of Matanzas . In 1958 he wrote a very well-known prayer for peace in Cuba . Evelio Díaz Cía was transferred to the titular seat of Lamdia on March 21, 1959 and appointed auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Havana. On the same day he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Pinar del Rio, which he remained until January 16, 1960, when Bishop Manuel Rodríguez Rozas was elected Bishop of that diocese. On November 14, 1959 Evelio Díaz Cía was raised to titular archbishop of Petra in Palestine and at the same time appointed coadjutor archbishop with the right to succeed Manuel Cardinal Arteaga Betancourt , archbishop of Havana.
During the Bay of Pigs invasion , Bishop Díaz Cía was imprisoned for a few days. On March 21, 1963, with the death of Cardinal Arteaga, he became Archbishop of Havana. He was pressured to sign the Joint Communiqué of the Cuban Episcopate on April 10, 1969 , calling for the economic blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba to be lifted . He resigned as Archbishop of Havana and was transferred to the titular seat of Celene on January 26, 1970 . Bishop Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández succeeded him. At the end of 1970 he gave up the titular seat and died in 1984 as the old archbishop of Havana.
Web links
- Salvador Miranda : Díaz Cía, Evelio. In: Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba. fiu.edu , Florida International University website (Spanish).
- Entry for Evelio Díaz y Cía on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 25, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel Cardinal Arteaga Betancourt |
Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana 1963–1970 |
Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández |
| José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez |
Bishop of Pinar del Río 1941–1959 |
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Rozas |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Díaz Cía, Evelio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Díaz y Cía, Evelio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban clergyman and Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Cristóbal , Pinar del Río |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1984 |
| Place of death | Havana |