Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas

Catholic diocese in Cuba

Diocese of Matanzas

Dioecesis Matansansis

Catedral San Carlos De Borromeo

Location
Country| Cuba
Ecclesiastical province| Province of San Cristóbal de la Habana
Metropolitan| Matanzas
Statistics
Area| 8,444 km2 (3,260 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2004)
690,400
478,000 (69.2%)
Parishes| 37
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 10 December 1912 (111 years ago)
Cathedral| Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Sede vacante
Bishops emeritus| Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal

The Diocese of Matanzas is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. The diocese was erected 10 December 1912.

## Bishops[edit]

### Ordinaries[edit]

* Charles Warren Currier (1913 - 1914)
* Severiano Sainz y Bencamo (1915 - 1937)
* Alberto Martín y Villaverde (1938 - 1960)
* José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez (1961 - 1986)
* Mariano Vivanco Valiente (1987 - 2004)
* Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal (2005 - 2022)

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[edit]

* Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, appointed Bishop of Pinar del Rio in 1978; future Cardinal
* Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 1979
* Felipe de Jesús Estévez (priest here, 1970–1979), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 2003

## External links and references[edit]

* "Diocese of Matanzas". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
* Conferencia De Obispos Catolicos De Cuba (Spanish)

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