Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Habana, Cuba

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: La Habana (español) / San Cristóbal de la Habana (español) / Havana (English) / Sancti Christophori de Habana (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Matanzas, Pinar del Río

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Christopher

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History

1787.09.10: Established as Diocese of La Habana (español) / San Cristóbal de la Habana (español) / Havana (English) / Sancti Christophori de Habana (Latin) (from Diocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santo Domingo)
1793.04.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas
1803.11.24: Became suffragan of Santiago
1903.02.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cienfuegos and Diocese of Pinar del Río
1912.12.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Matanzas
1925.01.06: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Habana (español) / San Cristóbal de la Habana (español) / Havana (English) / Sancti Christophori de Habana (Latin) (with suffragan sees Matanzas and Pinar del Río)

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.04.26 – ...):	Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (75) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.07.16 – ...):	Bishop Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez (47) Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of La Habana (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (75)
(2016.04.26 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla
Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba)

Ve y anuncia el evangelio

Born:	1948.07.11 (Camagüey, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1972.01.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.07
Created Cardinal:	2019.10.05

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1972.01.25 – 1997.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari (1997.03.15 – 2002.06.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (1997.03.15 – 2002.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (2002.06.10 – 2016.04.26)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2007.04 – 2009.03.29)

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

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Aquila e Priscilla (2019.10.05 [2022.08.26] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Matanzas (Cuba) (2022.03.22 – 2022.04.07)

Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
(1981.11.20 – 2016.04.26)

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)

Archbishop Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández
(1970.01.26 – 1981.03.28)

Born:	1928.10.04 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1952.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.07.16
Died:	1990.12.04 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Montecorvino (1969.04.25 – 1970.01.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1969.04.25 – 1970.01.26)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1970 – 1973)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1970.01.26 – 1981.03.28)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1976 – 1979)

Archbishop Evelio Díaz y Cía
(1963.03.21 – 1970.01.26)

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)

Cardinal Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt
(1941.12.26 – 1963.03.20)

Tu adjutor fortis

Born:	1879.12.28 (Puerto Príncipe, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1904.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.02.24
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1963.03.20 (La Habana, Cuba † 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1941.12.26 – 1963.03.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1946.02.28 – 1963.03.20)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1958 – 1963)

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

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)

Bishops of La Habana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada
(1903.09.16 – 1925.01.03)

Born:	1866.06.27 (Cuba)
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.10.28
Died:	1937.04.22 († 70)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1903.09.16 – 1925.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia (1925.01.03 – 1937.04.22)

Bishop Donato Sbarretti (later Cardinal)
(1900.01.09 – 1901.09.16)

Respice stellam voca mariam

Born:	1856.11.12 (Montefranco, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1879.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.02.04
Created Cardinal:	1916.12.04
Died:	1939.04.01 (Vatican City State † 82)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1900.01.09 – 1901.09.16)

Titular Archbishop of Gortyna (1901.09.16 – 1901.12.16)

Apostolic Delegate to Philippines (1901.09.16 – 1902.09.25)

Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1901.12.16 – 1916.12.04)

Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland (1902.12.26 – 1910.10.29)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Religious (1910.10.29 – 1916.12.04)

Assessor of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1914.06.08 – 1916.12.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1916.12.07 – 1928.12.17)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1919.03.28 – 1930.07.04)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1926.06.21 – 1927.06.20)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1928.12.17 – 1939.04.01)

Secretary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1930.07.04 – 1939.04.01)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1935.12.16 – 1939.04.01)

Bishop Manuel Santander y Frutos
(1887.03.17 – 1899.11.24)

Born:	1835.07.04 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1859
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.10.30
Died:	1907.02.14 († 71)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1887.03.17 – 1899.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis (1900.02.18 – 1907.02.14)

Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca
(1879.09.04 – 1887.03.17)

Born:	1829.09.01 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1853
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.11.09
Died:	1904.01.25 († 74)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1879.09.04 – 1887.03.17)

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1887.03.17 – 1889.12.30)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)

Bishop Apolinar Serrano y Díaz
(1875.09.23 – 1876.06.15)

Born:	1833.07.23 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1860.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.11.21
Died:	1876.06.15 († 42)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1875.09.23 – 1876.06.15)

Bishop Jacinto María Martínez y Sáez, O.F.M. Cap.
(1865.03.27 – 1873.10.31)

Born:	1812.09.09 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.06.11
Died:	1873.10.31 († 61)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1865.03.27 – 1873.10.31)

Bishop Francisco Fleix Soláus (later Archbishop)
(1846.04.16 – 1864.09.22)

Born:	1804.09.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1846.05.31
Died:	1870.07.27 († 65)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) ([1846.01.14] 1846.04.16 – 1864.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1864.09.22 – 1870.07.27)

Archbishop Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres, O.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 1836.02.24 – 1845.11.10)

Bishop Juan José Díaz de Espada y Fernánez de Landa
(1800.08.11 – 1832.08.12)

Born:	1756.04.20 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1782
Consecrated Bishop:	1802.02.28
Died:	1832.08.12 († 76)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1800.08.11 – 1832.08.12)

Bishop Felipe José de Tres-Palacios y Verdeja
(1789.03.30 – 1799.09.16)

Born:	1722.05.22 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1784.07.17
Died:	1799.09.16 († 77)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1784.06.25 – 1789.03.30)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1789.03.30 – 1799.09.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Evelio Díaz y Cía (1959.11.14 – 1963.03.21)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick (1903.11.09 – 1905.03.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández Ruiz, S.J. (75) (2005.12.03 – 2019.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina (1999.04.24 – 2004.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel (1991.11.16 – 2016.04.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (1991.11.16 – 1998.01.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Evelio Ramos Díaz (1970.10.26 – 1976.11.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. (1964.03.17 – 1970.01.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals (1964.03.17 – 1970.01.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal (1960.03.31 – 1963.03.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez (1960.03.31 – 1961.07.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Evelio Díaz y Cía (later Archbishop) (1959.03.21 – 1959.11.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín (1948.03.13 – 1961.04.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick (1903.09.07 – 1903.11.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José González de Cándamo y Cauniego (1798.07.03 – 1801.09.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Antonio Pablo Sieni Flannings, O.F.M. Cap. (1787.09.10 – 1793.11.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site: Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada, La Habana, La Habana
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, La Habana, La Habana
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de Jesús Nazareno del Rescate, Arroyo Arenas, Artemisa
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de Santa Bárbara, La Habana, La Habana
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional Nuestra Señora de Regla, La Habana, La Habana
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional San Lázaro, Santiago de Las Vegas, La Habana

Churches by City (94)

Pinar del Río (←), Miami (↑), Matanzas (→)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 7,542 km²

Population: 2,524,000 Catholics (96.2% of 2,624,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 86 parishes, 200 missions

Personnel: 100 priests (48 diocesan, 52 religious), 25 deacons, 259 religious (79 brothers, 180 sisters), 22 seminarians