Metropolitan see Camagüey, Cuba
Archdiocese of Camagüey
Camagueyen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.