Diocese of

Pinar del Río

Cuba

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pinar del Río / Pineten(sis) ad Flumen (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: La Habana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Rosendo

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1903.02.20: Established as Diocese of Pinar del Río / Pineten(sis) ad Flumen (Latin) (from Diocese of La Habana and became suffragan of Santiago)
1925.01.06: Became suffragan of La Habana

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.05 – ...):

Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J. (76)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pinar del Río (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J. (76)
(2019.06.05 – ...)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Born:	1948.11.14 (Holguín, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.01.14

Titular Bishop of Passo Corese (2005.12.03 – 2019.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (2005.12.03 – 2019.06.05)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2006 – 2024.11.07)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (2019.06.05 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez (82)
(2006.12.13 – 2019.06.05)

Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba)

Born:	1942.03.16 (Santa Clara, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.01.13

Priest of La Habana (Cuba) (1968.07.14 – 2006.12.13)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2001.07.20 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (2006.12.13 – 2019.06.05)

Bishop José Siro González Bacallao
(1982.03.30 – 2006.12.13)

Aquí estoy Señor para hacer tu voluntad

Born:	1930.12.09 (Candelaria, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1954.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.05.16
Died:	2021.07.19 (Mantua, Cuba † 90)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1982.03.30 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (later Cardinal)
(1978.12.04 – 1981.11.20)

Sufficit tibi gratia mea

Born:	1936.10.18 (Jagüey Grande, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1964.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.01.14
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2019.07.26 (San Cristóbal de La Habana, Cuba † 82)

Priest of Matanzas (Cuba) (1964.08.02 – 1978.12.04)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1978.12.04 – 1981.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1981.11.20 – 2016.04.26)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1988 – 1998)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla (1994.11.26 – 2019.07.26)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1995 – 1999)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2001.12.06 – 2007.04)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2009 – 2013)

Bishop Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Rozas
(1960.01.16 – 1978.12.04)

Born:	1911.06.07 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1935.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.03.27
Died:	1982.03.28 († 70)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1960.01.16 – 1978.12.04)

Bishop Evelio Díaz y Cía (later Archbishop)
(1941.12.26 – 1959.03.21)

Segregatus in evangelium Dei

Born:	1902.02.17 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1926.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.03.01
Died:	1984.07.21 († 82)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1941.12.26 – 1959.03.21)

Titular Bishop of Lamdia (1959.03.21 – 1959.11.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1959.03.21 – 1959.11.14)

Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palæstina (1959.11.14 – 1963.03.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1959.11.14 – 1963.03.21)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1963 – 1970)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1963.03.21 – 1970.01.26)

Titular Archbishop of Celene (1970.01.26 – 1970.11.26)

Archbishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez
(Apostolic Administrator 1925.03.30 – 1940.01.03)

Bishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez (later Archbishop)
(1907.04.18 – 1925.03.30)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1874.12.11 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1897.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.06.11
Died:	1940.01.03 († 65)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1907.04.18 – 1925.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1925.03.30 – 1940.01.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1925.03.30 – 1940.01.03)

Bishop Braulio Orúe Vivanco
(1903.02.20 – 1904.10.21)

Born:	1843.03.06
Ordained Priest:	1867.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.10.20
Died:	1904.10.21 († 61)

Bishop of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1903.02.20 – 1904.10.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Rosendo, Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río

Cancún–Chetumal (↙), La Habana (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,500 km²

Population: 809,400 Catholics (92.7% of 873,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 50 missions

Personnel: 22 priests (17 diocesan, 5 religious), 7 deacons, 28 religious (8 brothers, 20 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.18

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