Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis |
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Catedral Santa Catalina de Ricci
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Location | |
Country | Cuba |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Santiago de Cuba |
Metropolitan | Guantánamo |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,565 km2 (2,535 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 511,156 185,218 (36.2%) |
Parishes | 7 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 24 January 1998 (19 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santa Catalina de Ricci |
Co-cathedral | (Co-cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez |
Emeritus Bishops | Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa (erected 24 January 1998) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba.
Coordinates: 20°08′36″N 75°12′12″W / 20.1434°N 75.2034°W