Diocese of Santa Clara Dioecesis Centumfocencis | |
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Location | |
Country | Cuba |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Camagüey |
Metropolitan | Santa Clara, Cuba |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,754 km2 (4,924 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,176,219 518,935 (44.1%) |
Parishes | 2234 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1 April 1995 (28 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Clare of Assisi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Marcelo Arturo González Amador |
Map | |
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
External links and references
- "Diocese of Santa Clara". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
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