Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camagüey, Cuba

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Camagüey / Camagueyen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1912.12.10: Established as Diocese of Camagüey / Camagueyen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)
1996.02.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciego de Ávila
1998.12.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camagüey / Camagueyen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos and Santa Clara)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1998.01)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.12.06 – ...):

Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez (73)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Camagüey (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez (73)
(2016.12.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Confía en el Señor y haz el bien

Born:	1950.10.12 (Camagüey, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.01.27

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1975.08.01 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba) (2006.12.13 – 2016.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (2016.12.06 – ...)

Archbishop Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (76) (later Cardinal)
(2002.06.10 – 2016.04.26)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla
Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Ve y anuncia el evangelio

Born:	1948.07.11 (Camagüey, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1972.01.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.07
Created Cardinal:	2019.10.05

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1972.01.25 – 1997.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari (1997.03.15 – 2002.06.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1997.03.15 – 2002.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (2002.06.10 – 2016.04.26)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2007.04 – 2009.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (2016.04.26 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla (2019.10.05 [2022.08.26] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas (Cuba) (2022.03.22 – 2022.04.07)

Archbishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera
(1998.12.05 – 2002.06.10)

Es bueno confiar en el Señor

Born:	1924.04.09 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1948.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.07.16
Died:	2003.05.10 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis (1963.05.27 – 1964.09.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1963.05.27 – 1964.09.10)

Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1964.09.10 – 1998.12.05)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1982 – 1988)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1998 – 2001)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1998.12.05 – 2002.06.10)

Bishops of Camagüey (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera (later Archbishop)
(1964.09.10 – 1998.12.05)

(see above)

Bishop Carlos Riu Anglés
(1948.12.11 – 1964.09.10)

Born:	1901.01.07 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1924.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.03.06
Died:	1971.11.28 († 70)

Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1948.12.11 – 1964.09.10)

Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum (1964.09.10 – 1971.11.28)

Bishop Enrique Pérez Serantes (later Archbishop)
(1922.02.24 – 1948.12.11)

Born:	1883.11.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.08.13
Died:	1968.04.18 († 84)

Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1922.02.24 – 1948.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1948.12.11 – 1968.04.18)

Bishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (later Archbishop)
(1914.05.25 – 1922.02.24)

Born:	1862.11.02
Ordained Priest:	1886.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.11.08
Died:	1948.02.26 († 85)

Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1914.05.25 – 1922.02.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1916.01 – 1922.02.24)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1922.02.24 – 1925.03.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1925.03.30 – 1935.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1925.03.30 – 1948.02.26)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (76) (later Cardinal) (1997.03.15 – 2002.06.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (84) (1991.11.16 – 1996.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera (later Archbishop) (1963.05.27 – 1964.09.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site (Minor): Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Camagüey, Camagüey

Ciego de Ávila (←), Holguín (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,671 km²

Population: 510,800 Catholics (63.5% of 803,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 32 missions

Personnel: 26 priests (19 diocesan, 7 religious), 17 deacons, 46 religious (10 brothers, 36 sisters), 5 seminarians