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Metropolitan see Camagüey, Cuba

Archdiocese of Camagüey

Camagueyen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Camaguey is a Latin rite metropolitan see in central Cuba, with suffragans Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos and Santa Clara. Erected as the Diocese of Camaguey on 10 December 1912 from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 5 December 1998. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria in Camaguey, a minor basilica.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria, in Camagüey, Cuba.

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Established
1912
Catholics
510,800
Priests
27
Territory
18,671 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Wilfredo Pino Estevez
Born
12 October 1950
Birthplace
Camagüey

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria stands in Camagüey, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

First erected in 1912 as the Diocese of Camagüey and raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1998, Camagüey is a Metropolitan Archdiocese with responsibility for the dioceses of Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.