Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Santiago_de_Cuba

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Cuba

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.[1][2]

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Prior to elevation as a archdiocese, the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba 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.

Bishops

Diocese of Baracoa

Erected: 1518

Diocese of Santiago de Cuba

Name Changed: 28 April 1522
Latin Name: Sancti Iacobi in Cuba

Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

Elevated: 24 November 1803

Auxiliary bishops

  • Dionisio Resino (Rezino) y Ormachea, OSB (1705–1711)
  • José Francisco Martínez de Tejada y Díez de Velasco, OFM (1732–1745), appointed Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
  • Pedro Ponce y Carrasco (1746–1762), appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
  • Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguesúa (1768–1769), appointed Bishop here
  • Francisco Antonio Pablo Sieni Flannings, OFMCap (1784–1787), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
  • Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1967–1970), appointed Archbishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territorial losses

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

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    "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 19, 2016
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    Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 182. (in Latin)
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    Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 206. (in Latin)
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    Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 225. (in Latin)

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