Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Ávila

Roman Catholic diocese in Cuba

Diocese of Ciego de Avila

Dioecesis Caeci Abulensis

Location
Country|  Cuba
Ecclesiastical province| Province of Camagüey
Metropolitan| Ciego de Avila
Statistics
Area| 7,887 km2 (3,045 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2006)
452,100
186,900 (41.3%)
Parishes| 4
Information
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Rite| Latin Rite
Established| 10 December 1912 (112 years ago)
Cathedral| Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishops emeritus| Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Avila is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camagüey, in Cuba.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Eugene's Cathedral, Ciego de Ávila.

## History

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* Established on 1996.02.02 as Diocese of Ciego de Ávila / Cæci Abulen(sis) (Latin), on Cuban territory split off from the then Diocese of Camagüey, now its Metropolitan.

## Statistics

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As per 2015, it served 190,343 Catholics (40.9% of 465,628 total) on 7,887 km2 in 5 parishes and 36 missions with 8 priests (6 diocesan, 2 religious), 2 deacons, 18 lay religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters) and 1 seminarian .

## Episcopal ordinaries

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(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Ciego de Ávila

* Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (2 February 1996 - retired 2017.07.08), previously Titular Bishop of Cediæ (16 November 1991 – 2 February 1996) as Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)
* Juan Gabriel Diaz Ruiz (8 July 2017 – 7 April 2022).

## See also

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* List of Catholic dioceses in Cuba

## Sources and external links

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* GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
* "Diocese of Ciego de Avila". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

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