Diocese of

Bayamo y Manzanillo

Cuba

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bayamo y Manzanillo (español) / Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo (español) / Sanctissimi Salvatoris Bayamen(sis)–Manzanillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Jesucristo, Salvador del Mundo

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1995.12.09: Established as Diocese of Bayamo y Manzanillo (español) / Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo (español) / Sanctissimi Salvatoris Bayamen(sis)–Manzanillen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.01.03 – ...):

Bishop-elect Osmany Massó Cuesta (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Osmany Massó Cuesta (49)
(2026.01.03 – ...)

Bishop of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba)

Born:	1976.12.18 (Santiago, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	2005.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.03.14

Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians) (2005.07.25 – 2015)

Priest of Santiago (Cuba) (2015 – 2026.01.03)

Bishop of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba) (2026.01.03 – ...)

Bishop Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca (80)
(2007.07.09 – 2026.01.03)

Bishop emeritus of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba)

Dichoso el que confía en el Señor

Born:	1945.05.27 (Camagüey, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1994.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.08.25

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1994.02.24 – 2007.07.09)

Bishop of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba) (2007.07.09 – 2026.01.03)

Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.05 – 2007.07.09)

Bishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (80) (later Archbishop)
(1995.12.09 – 2007.02.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba)

Born:	1945.01.31 (Guantánamo, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1985.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.27

Priest of Santiago (Cuba) (1985.07.08 – 1995.12.09)

Bishop of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba) (1995.12.09 – 2007.02.10)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2006 – 2009.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba) (2007.02.10 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Bayamo y Manzanillo (Cuba) (2007.05 – 2007.07.09)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2009.03.29 – 2017.11.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santísimo Salvador, Bayamo, Granma
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral Purísima Concepción, Manzanillo, Granma

Churches by City (10)

Holguín (↑), Santiago (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,362 km²

Population: 212,000 Catholics (26.2% of 810,138 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 75 missions

Personnel: 19 priests (11 diocesan, 8 religious), 1 deacon, 23 religious (9 brothers, 14 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.29

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