Metropolitan see Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba is the primatial Latin rite metropolitan see of eastern Cuba, with suffragans Guantanamo-Baracoa, Holguin and Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo. Cuba's oldest see, it was erected as the Diocese of Baracoa in 1516, renamed Santiago de Cuba in 1522, and elevated to an archdiocese on 24 November 1803. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Santiago de Cuba.
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- Established
- 1516
- Catholics
- 252,000
- Priests
- 34
- Territory
- 6,043 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Basílica Metropolitana Iglesia Catedral de Santiago de CubaSantiago de Cuba · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia del Cobre (Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre)El CobreView parish
- Parroquia San Bartolomé de BaireBaireView parish
- Parroquia Santísima TrinidadSantiago de CubaMass times recorded
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Dionisio Guillermo Garcia Ibanez
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Santiago de Cuba, 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
First erected in 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa, the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) is a Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Cuba. As a metropolitan see it presides over an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.
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Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba airs Irradia
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba broadcast its radio program, Irradia, on September 27, 2026. The program aired on CMKC, the provincial station of Santiago de Cuba. This broadcast featured music by Javier Brú and centered on the reading from Mateo 21, 31.
- Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba to broadcast Eucharist
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Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba airs Irradia
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba broadcast its radio program, Irradia, on September 20, 2026. The program aired on CMKC, the provincial station of Santiago de Cuba. This broadcast featured reflections on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba broadcasts Eucharist
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba broadcast the Mass for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time on September 20, 2026. The liturgy took place at the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.
- Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba airs Irradia
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