Diocese of Santa Clara

Dioecesis Centumfocencis
Location
CountryCuba
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Camagüey
MetropolitanSanta Clara, Cuba
Statistics
Area12,754 km2 (4,924 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,176,219
518,935 (44.1%)
Parishes2234
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established1 April 1995 (28 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Clare of Assisi
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMarcelo Arturo González Amador
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The Diocese of Santa Clara is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. Originally erected as part of the Diocese of Cienfuegos in 1903, the parent diocese was renamed to the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. Finally in 1995 the parent diocese was split to form the Diocese of Cienfuegos and the Diocese of Santa Clara.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1995 – 1999)
  • Marcelo Arturo González Amador (1999 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

  • Marcelo Arturo González Amador (1998-1999), appointed Bishop here
  • "Diocese of Santa Clara". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

22°24′22″N 79°58′05″W / 22.4062°N 79.9680°W / 22.4062; -79.9680


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