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Diocese of

Holguín

Cuba Cuba

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Holguín / Holguinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Bayamo y Manzanillo (↙), Camagüey (←), Guantánamo–Baracoa (↘), Santiago (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.11.14 – ...):Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (72)Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (72)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Auxiliary Bishop (2021.03.19 – ...):Bishop Marcos Pirán Gómez (62)Bishop Marcos Pirán Gómez (62)

Titular Bishop of Boseta

Ordinaries

Bishops of Holguín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (72)Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (72)
(2005.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Holguín (Cuba)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Born:1950.09.02 (Santa Clara, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1976.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:1991.06.23

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1991.04.30 – 1995.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1991.04.30 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1995.04.01 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop of Holguín (Cuba) (2005.11.14 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2017.11.10 – ...)

Bishop Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez (93)Bishop Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez (93)
(1979.01.08 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop emeritus of Holguín (Cuba)

Born:1929.10.18 (Velasco, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1955.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1970.03.19

Titular Bishop of Novaliciana (1970.01.12 – 1979.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1970.01.12 – 1979.01.08)

Bishop of Holguín (Cuba) (1979.01.08 – 2005.11.14)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 14,089 km²

Population: 439,560 Catholics (26.6% of 1,651,860 total) (2020)

Statistics: 32 parishes, 60 missions, 34 priests (22 diocesan, 12 religious), 5 deacons, 57 lay religious (15 brothers, 42 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

History

Papal Visits

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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