Suffragan diocese Pinar del Río, Cuba

Diocese of Pinar del Río

Pineten(sis) ad Flumen

Latin Church

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.

On the map

The address the register holds for Catedral de San Rosendo, in Pinar del Río, Cuba.

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Established: 1903
Catholics: 809,400
Priests: 20
Territory: 13,500 km²

Parishes and churches

26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop: Juan de Dios Hernandez Ruiz, S.J.

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Rosendo stands in Pinar del Río, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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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 shareof the people living within its bounds: 80.9%
Priests: 20
Catholics per priest: 40,470
Extent: 13,500 km²
Catholics per km²: 60

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

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.

Sees near here

Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La HabanaSan Cristóbal de La Habana158 km
Diocese of MatanzasMatanzas223 km
Diocese of CienfuegosCienfuegos331 km
Diocese of Cancún-ChetumalCancún-Chetumal, Mexico360 km
Diocese of Santa ClaraSanta Clara380 km
Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman IslandsCayman Islands, Cayman Islands431 km
Apostolic Exarchate of VenezuelaVenezuela, Venezuela506 km
Diocese of Ciego de ÁvilaCiego de Ávila508 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].