Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez

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Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez (October 18, 1929 – December 18, 2025) was a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate. He was an auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1970–1979) and diocesan bishop of Holguín (1979–2005).

Life and ministry

Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez was born in Gibara on October 18, 1929. He studied humanities and philosophy at the San Basilio Magno Seminary in El Cobre and studied theology at the Santo Tomás de Aquino Seminary in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1]

He was ordained a priest on June 26, 1955, for the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba.[2]

On January 12, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Cuba and titular bishop of Novaliciana. He was consecrated as a bishop on March 19, 1970, at the Church of San Isidoro, Holguín. The liturgy was presided by Cesare Zacchi, the Vatican's representative in Cuba; the co-consecrators were Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu and Francisco Oves-Fernandez.[3]

On January 8, 1979, with the creation of the Diocese of Holguín by Pope John Paul II, he was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese. He served as bishop of Holguín until November 14, 2005, when Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation for reasons of age. After his retirement, he was bishop emeritus of Holguín.[4]

Peña Gómez died on December 18, 2025, at the age of 96.[5]

References

  1. 1."CELAM - Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano". www.celam.org. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  2. 2.Católico, Holguín (2024-10-18). "Mons. Hector Luis Peña Gómez". HOLGUÍN CATÓLICO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  3. 3.Eos (20 April 2010). "EL NUEVO BLOG DE EOS: MONSEÑOR PEÑA: "MÁS QUE UNA IGLESIA, SANTA MARÍA DEL MAR PARECE UNA CATEDRAL Y SU PÁRROCO D. ANTONIO, UN MUY BUEN SACERDOTE"". EL NUEVO BLOG DE EOS. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  4. 4."Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba - Biografías - P". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  5. 5."Bishop Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-12-19.