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Roman Catholic Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa
The Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa is a particular church of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, encompassing the municipality of Baracoa and the surrounding Guantánamo Province in Cuba. It was erected 24 January 1998 from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, to which it suffragan.
Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis | |
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Catedral Santa Catalina de Ricci | |
| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Santiago de Cuba |
| Metropolitan | Guantánamo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,565 km2 (2,535 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 511,156 185,218 (36.2%) |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 24 January 1998 (25 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Catherine of Ricci Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral, Baracoa |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez |
| Bishops emeritus | Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés |
| Website | |
| www | |
Ordinaries
- Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (1998 - 2006) - Bishop Emeritus
- Wilfredo Pino Estévez (2006 - 2016), appointed Archbishop of Camagüey
- Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo (2018 -
External links and references
- Diocesis de Guantanamo Baracoa official site (in Spanish)
- "Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
Concathedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Coordinates: 20°08′36″N 75°12′12″W / 20.1434°N 75.2034°W