Suffragan diocese Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba

Diocese of Bayamo y Manzanillo

Sanctissimi Salvatoris Bayamen(sis)-Manzanillen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Cuba, erected in 1995. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, and Osmany Massó Cuesta was appointed its bishop in January 2026.

On the map

Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established: 1995
Catholics: 212,000
Territory: 8,362 km²

Parishes and churches

11 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop: Osmany Massó Cuesta
Born: 18 December 1976
Birthplace: Santiago de Cuba

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The cathedral

Catedral del Santisimo Salvador, Bayamo stands in Bayamo y Manzanillo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 9 December 1995
Latin: Sanctissimi Salvatoris Bayamen(sis)-Manzanillen(sis)
Patron: Most Holy Savior (Santísimo Salvador)
Annuario code: 001002974

The see in figures

Catholics: 212,000
Extent: 8,362 km²
Catholics per km²: 25

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices: Obispado, Saco 52, Apartado 27, Bayamo 85100, Granma, Cuba
Telephone: [023]42.71.27; fax 42.72.70
Email: [email protected]

Contact the diocesan offices using the published details above.

The province of Santiago de Cuba

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba.

The sees of this province:

Archdiocese of Santiago de CubaSantiago de Cuba
Diocese of Guantánamo-BaracoaGuantánamo-Baracoa
Diocese of HolguínHolguín

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of HolguínHolguín123 km
Archdiocese of Santiago de CubaSantiago de Cuba131 km
Archdiocese of CamagüeyCamagüey163 km
Diocese of Montego BayMontego Bay, Jamaica209 km
Diocese of MandevilleMandeville, Jamaica234 km
Archdiocese of Kingston in JamaicaKingston, Jamaica235 km
Apostolic Exarchate of VenezuelaVenezuela, Venezuela254 km
Military Ordinariate of BoliviaBolivia, Bolivia256 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

Wikipedia · GCatholic

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].