Diocese of Holguín
Holguinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Holguín, Cuba
The Diocese of Holguin is a Latin rite diocese covering Holguin and Las Tunas provinces in eastern Cuba, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was erected on 8 January 1979 from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Isidore in Holguin.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 January 1979
- Latin
- Holguinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001601
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 436,900
- Population
- 1,605,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 27.2%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 12,850
- Extent
- 14,089 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Bishop
- Emilio Aranguren Echeverria
- Born
- 2 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Santa Clara
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Isidore stands in Holguín, 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 Santiago de Cuba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de CubaSantiago de Cuba
- Diocese of Bayamo y ManzanilloBayamo y Manzanillo
- Diocese of Guantánamo-BaracoaGuantánamo-Baracoa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.