Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Ávila
Appearance
Diocese of Ciego de Avila Dioecesis Caeci Abulensis | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 10 December 1912 (111 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishops emeritus | Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Avila is a
suffragan Latin diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camagüey, in Cuba
.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Eugene's Cathedral, 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 2015, it served 190,343 Catholics (40.9% of 465,628 total) on 7,887 km2 in 5 parishes and 36 missions with 8 priests (6 diocesan, 2 religious), 2 deacons, 18 lay religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters) and 1 seminarian .
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Ciego de Ávila
- Camagüey(Cuba)
- Bishop-electJuan Gabriel Diaz Ruiz (8 July 2017 – ...), no previous prelature.
See also
Sources and external links
- GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
- "Diocese of Ciego de Avila". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
21°50′29″N 78°45′37″W / 21.8414°N 78.7603°W