Denomination Roman Catholic Area 6,043 km² Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez | Parishes 16 Rite Latin Rite Country Cuba | |
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Ecclesiastical province Province of Santiago de Cuba Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)1,050,000255,500 (24.3%) | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.
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The diocese's name was changed to the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese. The archdiocese is the home of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.
Ordinaries
- Juan de Witte Hoos, O.P. (1517–1525) Resigned
- Sebastián de Salamanca (1525–1526) Died
- Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. (1530–1534) Died
- Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart. (1535–1544) Resigned
- Fernando de Uranga (1550–1556) Died
- Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1561–1564) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
- Juan del Castillo (bishop) (1564–1578) Resigned)
- Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. (1580–1597) Appointed, Bishop of Nicaragua
- Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. (1597–1602) Died
- Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1602–1610) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
- Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. (1610–1624) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán
- Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. (1623–1624) Died
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1625–1629) Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara
- Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. (1629–1644) Died
- Martín de Zelaya y Oláriz (1645–1649) Resigned
- Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1649–1653) Died
- Juan de Montiel (1655–1657) Died
- Pedro de Reina Maldonado (1659–1660) Died
- Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1661–1668) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
- Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (1668–1671) Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
- Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón (1671–1676) Died
- Juan Antonio García de Palacios (1677–1682) Died
- Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. (1683–1684) Died
- Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (1685–1704) Died
- Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, O.S.Bas. (1705–1729) Died
- Francisco de Izarregui (1730) Resigned
- Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.S.A. (1730–1731) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
- José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. (1731–1752) Died
- Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y Lora (1753–1768) Died
- Santiago José Echaverría Nieto de Osorio y Elguera (1770–1788) Appointed, Bishop of Tlaxcala)
- Antonio Feliú y Centena (1789–1791) Died
- Joaquín de Osés y Alzúa y Caparacio (1792–1823) Died
- Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle (1824–1831) Died
- Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. (1831–1849) Died
- St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. (1850–1859) Died
- Manuel María Negueruela Mendi (1859–1861) Died
- Primo Calvo y López (1861–1868) Died
- José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (1875–1889) Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- José María Cos y Macho (1889–1892) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Madrid
- Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (1894–1899) Resigned
- Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar (1899–1913) Died
- Felix Ambrosio Guerra, SDB (1915–1925) Resigned
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD (1925–1948) Died
- Enrique Pérez Serantes (1948–1968) Died
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1970–2007) Retired
- Dionisio García Ibáñez (2007–present)
Territorial losses
The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.