Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba

Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country Cuba
Ecclesiastical province Province of Santiago de Cuba
Metropolitan Santiago de Cuba
Statistics
Area 6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,050,000
255,500 (24.3%)
Parishes 16
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 1518
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.

The diocese's name was changed to the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese. The archdiocese is the home of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.

Ordinaries

  1. Juan de Witte Hoos, O.P. (1517–1525) Resigned
  2. Sebastián de Salamanca (1525–1526) Died
  3. Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. (1530–1534) Died
  4. Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. (1535–1544) Resigned
  5. Fernando de Uranga (1550–1556) Died
  6. Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1561–1564) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
  7. Juan del Castillo (1564–1578) Resigned
  8. Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. (1580–1597) Appointed, Bishop of Nicaragua
  9. Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. (1597–1602) Died
  10. Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1602–1610) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
  11. Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. (1610–1624) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán
  12. Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. (1623–1624) Died
  13. Leonel de Cervantes y Carvajal (1625–1629) Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara
  14. Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. (1629–1644) Died
  15. Martín de Zelaya y Oláriz (1645–1649) Resigned
  16. Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1649–1653) Died
  17. Juan de Montiel (1655–1657) Died
  18. Pedro de Reina Maldonado (1659–1660) Died
  19. Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1661–1668) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
  20. Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (1668–1671) Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
  21. Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón (1671–1676) Died
  22. Juan Antonio García de Palacios (1677–1682) Died
  23. Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. (1683–1684) Died
  24. Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (1685–1704) Died
  25. Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, O.S.Bas. (1705–1729) Died
  26. Francisco de Izarregui (1730) Resigned
  27. Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.S.A. (1730–1731) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
  28. José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. (1731–1752) Died
  29. Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y Lora (1753–1768) Died
  30. Santiago José Echaverría Nieto de Osorio y Elguera (1770–1788) Appointed, Bishop of Tlaxcala)
  31. Antonio Feliú y Centena (1789–1791) Died
  32. Joaquín de Osés y Alzúa y Caparacio (1792–1823) Died
  33. Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle (1824–1831) Died
  34. Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. (1831–1849) Died
  35. St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. (1850–1859) Died
  36. Manuel María Negueruela Mendi (1859–1861) Died
  37. Primo Calvo y López (1861–1868) Died
  38. José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (1875–1889) Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
  39. José María Cos y Macho (1889–1892) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Madrid
  40. Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (1894–1899) Resigned
  41. Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar (1899–1913) Died
  42. Felix Ambrosio Guerra, S.D.B. (1915–1925) Resigned
  43. Valentín de la Asunción Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1925–1948) Died
  44. Enrique Pérez Serantes (1948–1968) Died
  45. Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1970–2007) Retired
  46. Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (2007–present)

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1787 Diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
1912 Diocese of Camagüey
1979 Diocese of Holguín
1995 Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
1998 Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa

The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.

External links and references

Coordinates: 20°01′16″N 75°49′46″W / 20.0210°N 75.8295°W / 20.0210; -75.8295

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