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Diocese of Ciego de Ávila

Caeci Abulen(sis)

The Diocese of Ciego de Avila is a Latin rite diocese in central Cuba, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Camaguey. It was erected on 2 February 1996 from the Diocese of Camaguey, taking in Ciego de Avila and Sancti Spiritus. Its seat is the Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma in Ciego de Avila. The see is vacant as of 2025-2026 per catholic-hierarchy.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2 February 1996
Latin
Caeci Abulen(sis)
Patron
San Eugenio
Annuario code
001001154

The see in figures

Catholics
192,000
Population
452,100
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
42.5%
Priests
13
Catholics per priest
14,769
Extent
7,887 km²
Catholics per km²
24

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral de San Eugenio de la Palma stands in Ciego de Ávila, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Camaguey

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Camaguey.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In Cuba, the Diocese of Ciego de Avila serves as a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camagüey. Its episcopal seat is St. Eugene's Cathedral in Ciego de Ávila.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.