Diocese of

Santa Clara

Cuba

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Clara / Sanctæ Claræ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Camagüey

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Churches by City (34)

Matanzas (←), Cienfuegos (←), Ciego de Ávila (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1999.06.04 – ...):

Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador (67)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Clara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador (67)
(1999.06.04 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Born:	1956.01.16 (Placetas, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.12.20

Priest of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (1983.12.18 – 1998.10.31)

Titular Bishop of Segia (1998.10.31 – 1999.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) (1998.10.31 – 1999.06.04)

Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) (1999.06.04 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2013.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Ramon Prego Casal
(1995.04.01 – 1999.01.09)

Born:	1927.11.07 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1955.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.14
Died:	1999.01.09 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (1970.11.13 – 1971.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1970.11.13 – 1971.07.24)

Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara (Cuba) (1971.07.24 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Santa Clara (Cuba) (1995.04.01 – 1999.01.09)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marcelo Arturo González Amador (67) (1998.10.31 – 1999.06.04)

Contact Info

Address: Unión 51 sur entre Gloria y Buenviaje, Santa Clara 50100, Cuba

Phone: (042) 2006-80

Website:

Statistics

Area: 12,920 km²

Population: 785,000 Catholics (61.2% of 1,282,565 total) (2021)

Statistics: 35 parishes, 23 priests (15 diocesan, 8 religious), 14 deacons, 73 religious (8 brothers, 65 sisters), 2 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Clare of Assisi

History

1995.04.01: Established as Diocese of Santa Clara / Sanctæ Claræ (Latin) (from Diocese of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara and became suffragan of Santiago)
1998.12.05: Became suffragan of Camagüey

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1998.01)

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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