Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Ávila explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Ciego de Avila
Latin:Dioecesis Caeci Abulensis
Country: Cuba
Metropolitan:Ciego de Avila
Province:Province of Camagüey
Area Km2:7,887
Population:452,100
Population As Of:2006
Catholics:186,900
Catholics Percent:41.3
Parishes:4
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Rite:Latin Rite
Established:10 December 1912 (years ago)
Cathedral:Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma
Bishop Title:Bishop
Emeritus Bishops: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

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

See also

Sources and external links

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