Suffragan diocese Cienfuegos, Cuba
Diocese of Cienfuegos
Centumfocen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Cienfuegos is a Latin rite diocese on Cuba's southern coast, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Camaguey. Erected on 20 February 1903 from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, it was renamed Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971 and split back into separate dioceses in 1995. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Cienfuegos.
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- Established
- 1903
- Catholics
- 294,200
- Priests
- 15
- Territory
- 5,360 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church 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
- Domingo Oropesa Lorente
- Born
- 10 October 1950
- Birthplace
- Alcázar de San Juan
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception stands in Cienfuegos, 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
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, Cienfuegos traces its origins to 1903, when the original diocese was erected. Renamed the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971, it was divided in 1995 into the Dioceses of Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.