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Diocese of Holguín

Dioecesis Holguinensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 8 January 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Cuba
  • Square Kilometers: 14,089 (5,441 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Calle Martí 136 entre Pepe Torres y Maximo Gomez, Holguin 80100, Cuba
  • Telephone: (024)4232.34

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 January 1979ErectedArchdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Las Tunas (Iobabo, Majibacoa, Manatí, Menéndez, Puerto Padre, and Tunas) Diocese of Holguín (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980360,0001,239,82929.0%101036,000314ap1981
1990419,0001,500,00027.9%1351823,2776716ap1991
1999434,0001,600,00027.1%2152616,692263816ap2000
2000434,0001,600,00027.1%2152616,692463523ap2001
2001431,0001,600,00026.9%2252715,962463923ap2002
2002433,0001,606,00027.0%2452914,931464023ap2003
2003435,0001,600,00027.2%2553014,500364023ap2004
2004435,0001,600,00027.2%2553014,500364323ap2005
2006435,0001,605,00027.1%3253711,756273928ap2007
2013442,6001,650,00026.8%2383114,2771104528ap2014
2016444,6601,655,72126.9%2473114,3434105432ap2017
2019444,5401,655,70026.8%24123612,3485144332ap2020
2021439,5601,651,86026.6%22123412,9285154232ap2022

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 71, Page 325, and Page 326

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