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Diocese of

Guantánamo–Baracoa

Cuba Cuba

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guantánamo–Baracoa / Guantanamen(sis)–Baracoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Santiago (←), Holguín (↑), Port-de-Paix (→), Jérémie (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.03.29 – ...):Bishop Silvano Pedroso Montalvo (69)Bishop Silvano Pedroso Montalvo (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Silvano Pedroso Montalvo (69)Bishop Silvano Pedroso Montalvo (69)
(2018.03.29 – ...)

Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba)

Born:1953.04.25 (Cárdenas, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1995.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:2018.05.27

Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba) (2018.03.29 – ...)

Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez (72)Bishop Wilfredo Pino Estévez (72) (later Archbishop)
(2006.12.13 – 2016.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba)

Born:1950.10.12 (Camagüey, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1975.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:2007.01.27

Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba) (2006.12.13 – 2016.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Camagüey (Cuba) (2016.12.06 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (77)Bishop Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (77)
(1998.01.24 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop emeritus of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba)

Born:1945.03.17 (Campechuela, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1977.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:1992.01.05

Titular Bishop of Cibaliana (1991.11.16 – 1998.01.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1991.11.16 – 1998.01.24)

Bishop of Guantánamo–Baracoa (Cuba) (1998.01.24 – 2006.12.13)

Bishops of Baracoa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P.
(1517.02.11 – 1522.04.28)

Born:1474 (Belgium)
Died:1540.09.18 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Selymbria (1514.05.15 – 1517.02.11)

Bishop of Baracoa (Cuba) (1517.02.11 – 1522.04.28)

Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1522.04.28 – 1525.04.04)

Statistics

Area: 6,565 km²

Population: 201,740 Catholics (39.9% of 505,606 total) (2020)

Statistics: 13 parishes, 13 priests (8 diocesan, 5 religious), 3 deacons, 24 lay religious (5 brothers, 19 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Catherine of Ricci

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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