Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Cienfuegos | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Centumfocencis |
Country: | Cuba |
Metropolitan: | Cienfuegos |
Province: | Province of Camagüey |
Area Km2: | 5,360 |
Population: | 485,000 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 293,600 |
Catholics Percent: | 60.5 |
Parishes: | 22 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Established: | 20 February 1903 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Map: | Diócesis de Cienfuegos.svg |
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.