Diocese of Pinar del Río
Pineten(sis) ad Flumen
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pinar del Río, Cuba
The Diocese of Pinar del Rio is a Latin rite diocese covering westernmost Cuba, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. It was erected on 20 February 1903 from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. Its seat is the Catedral de San Rosendo in Pinar del Rio.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 February 1903
- Latin
- Pineten(sis) ad Flumen
- Patron
- San Rosendo (St. Rudesind)
- Annuario code
- 001002602
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 809,400
- Population
- 1,000,000
- Catholic share
- 80.9%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 40,470
- Extent
- 13,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 60
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
- Juan de Dios Hernandez Ruiz, S.J.
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
Catedral de San Rosendo stands in Pinar del Río, 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 San Cristobal de la Habana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La HabanaSan Cristóbal de La Habana
- Diocese of MatanzasMatanzas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Pinar del Río and erected on 20 February 1903, this diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana.
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].