Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
|
Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba |
|
|---|---|
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 | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1518 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Dionisio García Ibáñez |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.
The diocese's name was changed to the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. It 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.
The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.
Coordinates: 20°01′16″N 75°49′46″W / 20.0210°N 75.8295°W
...
Wikipedia