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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos

Coordinates: 22°08′46″N 80°27′07″W / 22.1461°N 80.4519°W / 22.1461; -80.4519
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Diocese of Cienfuegos

Dioecesis Centumfocencis
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
Location
Country Cuba
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Camagüey
MetropolitanCienfuegos
Statistics
Area5,360 km2 (2,070 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
485,000
293,600 (60.5%)
Parishes22
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 February 1903 (121 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDomingo 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

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Ordinaries

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Auxiliary bishops

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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  • "Diocese of Cienfuegos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

22°08′46″N 80°27′07″W / 22.1461°N 80.4519°W / 22.1461; -80.4519