Diocese of Cienfuegos, Cuba 🇨🇺

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cienfuegos / Centumfocen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Camagüey

Neighbouring Dioceses: Matanzas (←), Santa Clara (→), Cayman Islands (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Maria Purisima Inmaculada

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1903.02.20: Established as Diocese of Cienfuegos / Centumfocen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of La Habana and became suffragan of Santiago)
1971.06.30: Renamed as Diocese of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara / Centumfocen(sis)–Sanctæ Claræ (Latin)
1995.04.01: Renamed as Diocese of Cienfuegos / Centumfocen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Clara)
1998.12.05: Became suffragan of Camagüey

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.07.09 – ...):

Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cienfuegos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Domingo Oropesa Lorente (75)
(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 Echeverría (75)
(1995.04.01 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop of Holguín (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 Cellæ 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 (Habana, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1955.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.14
Died:	1999.01.09 (Santa Clara, Cuba † 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 Müller y San Martín
(1971.06.30 – 1971.07.24)

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

Titular Bishop of Anæa (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 Müller y San Martín
(1961.04.07 – 1971.06.30)

(see above)

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

Born:	1893.06.29 (La Habana, 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 Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D.
(Apostolic Administrator 1925.03.30 – 1935.11.16)

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

Born:	1862.11.02 (Marquina, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1886.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.11.08
Died:	1948.02.26 (Santiago, Cuba † 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)

Bishop Valentín 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 (La Habana, Cuba)
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

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (75) (1991.04.30 – 1995.04.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1970.11.13 – 1971.07.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández (later Archbishop) (1969.04.25 – 1970.01.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,360 km²

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