Diocese of Santa Clara, Cuba 🇨🇺

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Clara / Sanctæ Claræ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Camagüey

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Clare of Assisi

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1995.04.01: Established as Diocese of Santa Clara / Sanctæ Claræ (Latin) (from Diocese of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara and became suffragan of Santiago)
1998.12.05: Became suffragan of Camagüey

Contact Info

Address: Unión 51 sur entre Gloria y Buenviaje, Santa Clara 50100, Cuba

Phone: (042) 2006-80

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1998.01)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1999.06.04 – ...):

Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador (69)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Clara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador (69)
(1999.06.04 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Born:	1956.01.16 (Placetas, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.12.20

Priest of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1983.12.18 – 1998.10.31)

Titular Bishop of Segia (1998.10.31 – 1999.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) (1998.10.31 – 1999.06.04)

Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) (1999.06.04 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2013.11.11 – 2024.11.07)

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

Bishop Fernando Ramon Prego Casal
(1995.04.01 – 1999.01.09)

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)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador (69) (1998.10.31 – 1999.06.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (34)

Matanzas (←), Cienfuegos (←), Ciego de Ávila (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,920 km²

Population: 781,900 Catholics (61.2% of 1,277,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (17 diocesan, 12 religious), 14 deacons, 81 religious (13 brothers, 68 sisters), 1 seminarian