Suffragan diocese Matanzas, Cuba
Diocese of Matanzas
Matanzen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Matanzas is a Latin rite diocese in western Cuba, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. It was erected on 10 December 1912 by Pius X from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in Matanzas.
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- Established
- 1912
- Catholics
- 400,000
- Priests
- 18
- Territory
- 8,444 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
- Juan Gabriel Diaz Ruiz
- Born
- 14 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Céspedes
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo stands in Matanzas, 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
Erected on 10 December 1912, the Diocese of Matanzas (Spanish: Diócesis Católica Romana de Matanzas) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Cuba, a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana.