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Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

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Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country Cuba
Ecclesiastical province Province of Santiago de Cuba
Metropolitan Santiago de Cuba
Statistics
Area 6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,050,000
255,500 (24.3%)
Parishes 16
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1518
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Archbishop Dionisio García Ibáñez

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.[1][2]

Prior to elevation as a archdiocese, the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese. The archdiocese is the home of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.

Bishops

Diocese of Baracoa

Erected: 1518

Diocese of Santiago de Cuba

Name Changed: 28 April 1522
Latin Name: Sancti Iacobi in Cuba

Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

Elevated: 24 November 1803

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1787 Diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
1912 Diocese of Camagüey
1979 Diocese of Holguín
1995 Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
1998 Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa

The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.

20°01′16″N 75°49′46″W / 20.0210°N 75.8295°W

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[6]

References

  1. Back to citation "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 19, 2016
  2. Back to citation "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 19, 2016
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  6. Back to citation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, official website