Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Clara
Roman Catholic diocese in Cuba From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman Catholic diocese in Cuba From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Santa Clara is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. Originally erected as part of the Diocese of Cienfuegos in 1903, the parent diocese was renamed to the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. Finally in 1995 the parent diocese was split to form the Diocese of Cienfuegos and the Diocese of Santa Clara.
Diocese of Santa Clara Dioecesis Centumfocencis | |
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Location | |
Country | Cuba |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Camagüey |
Metropolitan | Santa Clara, Cuba |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,754 km2 (4,924 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,176,219 518,935 (44.1%) |
Parishes | 2234 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1 April 1995 (29 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Clare of Assisi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Marcelo Arturo González Amador |
Map | |
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