Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos

Diocese of Cienfuegos
Dioecesis Centumfocencis
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
Location
Country  Cuba
Ecclesiastical province Province of Camagüey
Metropolitan Cienfuegos
Statistics
Area 5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
485,000
293,600 (60.5%)
Parishes 22
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 20 February 1903 (115 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente
Map

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.

Ordinaries

  • Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. (1904 - 1916)
  • Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1922 - 1925)
  • Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. (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)
  • "Diocese of Cienfuegos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

Coordinates: 22°08′46″N 80°27′07″W / 22.1461°N 80.4519°W / 22.1461; -80.4519

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