Diocese of Matanzas Dioecesis Matansansis | |
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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 |
Map | |
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.