Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey

Archdiocese of Camagüey Archidioecesis Camagueyensis
Location
Country	Cuba
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Camagüey
Metropolitan	Camagüey
Statistics
Area	18,671 km^2 (7,209 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 861,372 544,000 (63.2%)
Parishes	14
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 December 1912 (112 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Juan García-Rodríguez
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey (erected 1912 as the Diocese of Camagüey, elevated 1998) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.

Ordinaries

• Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD (1914–1922), appointed Bishop of Cienfuegos
• Enrique Pérez-Serantes (1922–1948), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
• Carlos Riu-Anglés (1948–1964)
• Adolfo Rodríguez-Herrera (1964–2002)
• Juan García-Rodríguez (2002–2016), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana; elevated to Cardinal in 2019
• Wilfredo Pino Estévez (2016–)

Auxiliary bishops

• Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera (1963–1964), appointed Bishop here
• Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (1991–1996), appointed Bishop of Ciego de Ávila
• Juan García-Rodríguez (1997–2002), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca, appointed Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo in 2007
• Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz, appointed Bishop of Ciego de Ávila in 2017

References

• "Archdiocese of Camagüey". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.

See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Cuba

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