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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos

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Metropolitan
  
Cienfuegos

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
5,360 km²

Bishop
  
Domingo Oropesa Lorente

Parishes
  
22

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
Cuba

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 485,000 293,600 (60.5%)

Established
  
20 February 1903 (114 years ago)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey, Cienfuegos

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. The original Diocese of Cienfuegos was erected in 1903 and renamed as the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. That diocese was split in 1995 to form the Dioceses of Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.

Ordinaries

  • Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. (1904 - 1916)
  • Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1922 - 1925)
  • Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. (1935 - 1961)
  • Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín (1961 - 1971)
  • Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1971 - 1995)
  • Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1995 - 2005)
  • Domingo Oropesa Lorente (since 2007)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos Wikipedia
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