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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Ávila

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Country
  
Cuba

Parishes
  
4

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Metropolitan
  
Ciego de Avila

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
7,887 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 452,100 186,900 (41.3%)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Avila is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, on Cuba.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma, in Ciego de Ávila.

History

  • Established on 1996.02.02 as Diocese of Ciego de Ávila / Cæci Abulen(sis) (Latin), on Cuban territory split off from the then Diocese of Camagüey, now its Metropolitan.

    • Statistics

    As per 2014, it pastorally served 189,200 Catholics (40.8% of 464,200 total) on 7,887 km² in one parish and 48 missions with 8 priests (6 diocesan, 2 religious), 3 deacons, 18 lay religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters) and 1 seminarian.

    Episcopal Ordinaries

    Bishops of Ciego de Ávila (Roman Rite)
  • Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (2 February 1996 - ...), previously Titular Bishop of Cediæ (1991.11.16 – 1996.02.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of mother see Camagüey (Cuba) (1991.11.16 – 1996.02.02).

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Ávila Wikipedia
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