Diocese of

Cienfuegos

Cuba Cuba

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cienfuegos / Centumfocen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: CamagĂŒey

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Maria Purisima Inmaculada

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.07.09 – ...):Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente (74)Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cienfuegos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente (74)Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente (74)
(2007.07.09 – ...)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Luchando con la fuerza de Cristo

Born:1950.10.10 (Alcazar de San Juan, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1984.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:2007.09.15

Priest of Toledo (Spain) (1984.07.15 – 2007.07.09)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (2007.07.09 – ...)

Bishop Emilio Aranguren EcheverrĂ­a (74)Bishop Emilio Aranguren EcheverrĂ­a (74)
(1995.04.01 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop of HolguĂ­n (Cuba)

Born:1950.09.02 (Santa Clara, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1976.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:1991.06.23

Priest of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1976.02.01 – 1991.04.30)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1991 – 2006)

Titular Bishop of Cellé in Proconsulari (1991.04.30 – 1995.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1991.04.30 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1995.04.01 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop of Holguín (Cuba) (2005.11.14 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2017.11.10 – 2024.11.07)

Bishops of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fernando Ramon Prego Casal
(1971.07.24 – 1995.04.01)

Born:1927.11.07 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1955.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:1971.01.14
Died:1999.01.09 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (1970.11.13 – 1971.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1970.11.13 – 1971.07.24)

Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1971.07.24 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) (1995.04.01 – 1999.01.09)

Bishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco MĂŒller y San MartĂ­n
(1971.06.30 – 1971.07.24)

Born:1902.10.04 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1927.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:1948.06.06
Died:1993.09.02 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Anéa (1948.03.13 – 1961.04.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1948.03.13 – 1961.04.07)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1961.04.07 – 1971.06.30)

Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1971.06.30 – 1971.07.24)

Bishops of Cienfuegos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco MĂŒller y San MartĂ­n
(1961.04.07 – 1971.06.30)

(see above)

Bishop Eduardo Pedro MartĂ­nez y Dalmau, C.P.
(1935.11.16 – 1961.03.16)

Born:1893.06.29 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1915.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1935.12.21
Died:1987.11.19 († 94)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1935.11.16 – 1961.03.16)

Titular Bishop of Theuzi (1961.03.16 – 1987.11.19)

Archbishop ValentĂ­n Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D.
(Apostolic Administrator 1925.03.30 – 1935.11.16)

Bishop ValentĂ­n Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (later Archbishop)
(1922.02.24 – 1925.03.30)

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

Bishop of CamagĂŒey (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)

Bishop ValentĂ­n Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1916.01 – 1922.02.24)

Bishop Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D.
(1904.04.05 – 1916.01.19)

Born:1861.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:1904.05.22
Died:1920.05.08 († 59)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1904.04.05 – 1916.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Augila (1916.01.19 – 1920.05.08)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Matanzas (←), Santa Clara (→), Cayman Islands (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,360 kmÂČ

Population: 294,200 Catholics (59.8% of 491,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 17 priests (9 diocesan, 8 religious), 10 deacons, 31 religious (11 brothers, 20 sisters), 6 seminarians

Population

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Religious

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Last updated on 2024.11.18

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