Diocese of Cienfuegos

Dioecesis Centumfocencis
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
Location
Country Cuba
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Camagüey
MetropolitanCienfuegos
Statistics
Area5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
485,000
293,600 (60.5%)
Parishes22
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 February 1903 (120 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDomingo Oropesa Lorente
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. The original Diocese of Cienfuegos was erected in 1903 and renamed as the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. That diocese was split in 1995 to form the Dioceses of Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, OCD (1904 - 1916)
  • Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD (1922 - 1925), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
  • Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, CP (1935 - 1961)
  • Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín (1961 - 1971)
  • Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1971 - 1995)
  • Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1995 - 2005)
  • Domingo Oropesa Lorente (since 2007)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández (1969-1970), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
  • Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1969-1970), appointed Bishop here
  • Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1991-1995), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Marcelo Arturo González Amador, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara in 1998
  • "Diocese of Cienfuegos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

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