Diocese of Cienfuegos Dioecesis Centumfocencis | |
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) Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Camagüey |
| Metropolitan | Cienfuegos |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 485,000 293,600 (60.5%) |
| Parishes | 22 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 February 1903 (117 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Domingo Oropesa Lorente |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. The original Diocese of Cienfuegos was erected in 1903 and renamed as the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. That diocese was split in 1995 to form the Dioceses of Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. (1904 - 1916)
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1922 - 1925), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
- Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. (1935 - 1961)
- Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín (1961 - 1971)
- Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1971 - 1995)
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1995 - 2005)
- Domingo Oropesa Lorente (since 2007)
Auxiliary bishops
- Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández (1969-1970), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
- Fernando Ramon Prego Casal (1969-1970), appointed Bishop here
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1991-1995), appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Marcelo Arturo González Amador, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara in 1998
External links and references
- "Diocese of Cienfuegos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.