Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas

Diocese of Matanzas Dioecesis Matansansis
Catedral San Carlos De Borromeo
Location
Country	Cuba
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Cristóbal de la Habana
Metropolitan	Matanzas
Statistics
Area	8,444 km2 (3,260 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 690,400 478,000 (69.2%)
Parishes	37
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 December 1912 (111 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede vacante
Bishops emeritus	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal

The Diocese of Matanzas is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. The diocese was erected 10 December 1912.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Charles Warren Currier (1913 - 1914)
• Severiano Sainz y Bencamo (1915 - 1937)
• Alberto Martín y Villaverde (1938 - 1960)
• José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez (1961 - 1986)
• Mariano Vivanco Valiente (1987 - 2004)
• Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal (2005 - 2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, appointed Bishop of Pinar del Rio in 1978; future Cardinal
• Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 1979
• Felipe de Jesús Estévez (priest here, 1970–1979), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 2003

External links and references

• "Diocese of Matanzas". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
• Conferencia De Obispos Catolicos De Cuba (Spanish)