Diocese of Ciego de Avila Dioecesis Caeci Abulensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Camagüey |
| Metropolitan | Ciego de Avila |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,887 km2 (3,045 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 452,100 186,900 (41.3%) |
| Parishes | 4 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 10 December 1912 (108 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishops emeritus | Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Avila is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camagüey, in Cuba.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Eugene's Cathedral, Ciego de Ávila.
History
- Established on 1996.02.02 as Diocese of Ciego de Ávila / Cæci Abulen(sis) (Latin), on Cuban territory split off from the then Diocese of Camagüey, now its Metropolitan.
Statistics
As per 2015, it served 190,343 Catholics (40.9% of 465,628 total) on 7,887 km² in 5 parishes and 36 missions with 8 priests (6 diocesan, 2 religious), 2 deacons, 18 lay religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters) and 1 seminarian .
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Ciego de Ávila
- Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (2 February 1996 - retired 2017.07.08), previously Titular Bishop of Cediæ (16 November 1991 – 2 February 1996) as Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey (Cuba)
- Bishop-elect Juan Gabriel Diaz Ruiz (8 July 2017 – ...), no previous prelature.
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Cuba
Sources and external links
- GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
- "Diocese of Ciego de Avila". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.