Diocese of Holguín
Holguinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Holguín, Cuba
The Diocese of Holguin is a Latin rite diocese covering Holguin and Las Tunas provinces in eastern Cuba, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was erected on 8 January 1979 from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Isidore in Holguin.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 January 1979
- Latin
- Holguinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001601
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 436,900
- Population
- 1,605,000
- Catholic share
- 27.2%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 12,850
- Extent
- 14,089 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverria
- Born
- 2 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Santa Clara
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Isidore stands in Holguín, 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 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 Bayamo y ManzanilloBayamo y Manzanillo
- Diocese of Guantánamo-BaracoaGuantánamo-Baracoa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].