Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Guantánamo-Baracoa | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis |
Country: | Cuba |
Metropolitan: | Guantánamo |
Province: | Province of Santiago de Cuba |
Area Km2: | 6,565 |
Population: | 511,156 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 185,218 |
Catholics Percent: | 36.2 |
Parishes: | 7 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Established: | 24 January 1998 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | St. Catherine of Ricci Cathedral |
Cocathedral: | Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral, Baracoa |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
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.