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Diocese of Pinar del Río

Pineten(sis) ad Flumen

The Diocese of Pinar del Rio is a Latin rite diocese covering westernmost Cuba, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. It was erected on 20 February 1903 from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. Its seat is the Catedral de San Rosendo in Pinar del Rio.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 February 1903
Latin
Pineten(sis) ad Flumen
Patron
San Rosendo (St. Rudesind)
Annuario code
001002602

The see in figures

Catholics
809,400
Population
1,000,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
80.9%
Priests
20
Catholics per priest
40,470
Extent
13,500 km²
Catholics per km²
60

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
Juan de Dios Hernandez Ruiz, S.J.

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

Catedral de San Rosendo stands in Pinar del Río, 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 San Cristobal de la Habana

A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Seated in the city of Pinar del Río and erected on 20 February 1903, this diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana.

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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.