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Diocese of Cienfuegos

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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 1 April 1995
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Camagüey
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Cuba
  • Square Kilometers: 5,360 (2,070 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle 37 N. 5602, entre 56 y 58, 55100 Cienfuegos, Cuba
  • Telephone: (043)51.30.19
  • Fax: 55.16.73

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Cienfuegos
20 February 1903ErectedDiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana Diocese of Cienfuegos (erected)
Diocese of Pinar del Rio (erected)
Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara
30 June 1971Name ChangedDiocese of Cienfuegos Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara
16 January 1995Territory LostDiocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara (Ciénaga de Zapata) Diocese of Matanzas
1 April 1995Territory LostDiocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara (Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus except San Francisco de Paula and Santísima Trinidad (in Trinidad)) Diocese of Santa Clara (erected)
Diocese of Cienfuegos
1 April 1995Name ChangedDiocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara Diocese of Cienfuegos
5 December 1998Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Cienfuegos (from Santiago de Cuba)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Cienfuegos
1950938,000938,58199.9%221161386,79736ap1951
19661,086,4801,278,21285.0%12193135,0472351ap1967
19681,339,663.0%718250221217ap1971
Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara
1976635,8951,363,77246.6%11102130,280114351ap1977
1980626,0001,367,77245.8%1892723,18513551ap1981
1990716,0001,563,00045.8%15142924,689141551ap1991
Diocese of Cienfuegos
1999294,000490,00060.0%8101816,3332112322ap2000
2000294,000490,00060.0%981717,294281922ap2001
2001294,000490,00060.0%881618,375282322ap2002
2002294,000490,00060.0%881618,3751102322ap2003
2003294,000490,00060.0%1081816,3331112222ap2004
2004290,000480,00060.4%461029,0001102322ap2005
2006293,600485,00060.5%1672312,7651122522ap2007
2013293,400484,70060.5%781519,5601112522ap2014
2016300,356496,41560.5%971618,7728112122ap2017
2019299,400495,90060.4%7101717,61111142322ap2020
2021296,000494,70059.8%871519,73311112322ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 63, Page 707, and Page 708
  • Diocese of Cienfuegos
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 679, to Page 681
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 329, and Page 330

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