Diocese of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ciego de Ávila / Cæci Abulen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Camagüey

Websites:

Patron Saint: San Eugenio

1996.02.02: Established as Diocese of Ciego de Ávila / Cæci Abulen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Camagüey and became suffragan of Santiago)
1998.12.05: Became suffragan of Camagüey

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Ciego de Ávila (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (64)
(2017.07.08 – 2022.04.07)

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1989.08.05 – 2017.07.08)

Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba) (2017.07.08 – 2022.04.07)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (2022.04.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2024.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (84)
(1996.02.02 – 2017.07.08)

Bishop emeritus of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba)

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1964.08.04 – 1991.11.16)

Titular Bishop of Cediæ (1991.11.16 – 1996.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1991.11.16 – 1996.02.02)

Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba) (1996.02.02 – 2017.07.08)

Area: 7,887 km²

Population: 192,000 Catholics (41.1% of 467,366 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes, 63 missions

Personnel: 7 priests (3 diocesan, 4 religious), 4 deacons, 17 religious (4 brothers, 13 sisters)