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Diocese of Ciego de Ávila

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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 2 February 1996
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Camagüey
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Cuba
  • Square Kilometers: 7,887 (3,046 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Bembeta 13 entre Marcial Gomez y Honorato del Castillo, Oeste, 65200 Ciego de Avila, Cuba
  • Telephone: (033)20.45.05; 26.63.74

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 February 1996ErectedDiocese of Camagüey (Ciego de Ávila and Sancti Spiritus) Diocese of Ciego de Ávila (erected)
5 December 1998Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ciego de Ávila (from Santiago de Cuba)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999182,600450,00040.6%32536,5204284ap2000
2000182,600450,00040.6%52726,0853284ap2001
2001186,000450,00041.3%62823,25032114ap2002
2002187,000452,00041.4%7726,7143134ap2003
2003186,000450,00041.3%7726,5713134ap2004
2004186,000450,00041.3%8823,2503144ap2005
2006186,900452,10041.3%8823,3623124ap2007
2013189,100464,00040.8%62823,63732165ap2014
2016190,343465,62840.9%62823,79222165ap2017
2019191,830467,00041.1%771413,70227187ap2020
2021192,000467,36641.1%671314,76937177ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 609, and Page 610
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 329, and Page 330

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