Catholic Church in Cuba
Also known as: Kuba (Deutsch, polski), Cuba (español, français, Italiano, Português, latine), 古巴 (正體中文), キューバ (日本語)
By Type (11)
By Rite
Roman Rite (11): Bayamo y Manzanillo, Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Guantánamo–Baracoa, Holguín, La Habana, Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Santa Clara, Santiago
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Celebrations
Documents and Celebrations ![Text](https://gcatholic.org/images/doc.png)
Papal Visits
- 2016.02.12: Meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow at La Habana, Cuba
- 2015.09.19 – 2015.09.22: Apostolic Journey to Cuba
- 2012.03.26 – 2012.03.28: Apostolic Journey to Cuba
- 1998.01.21 – 1998.01.26: Apostolic Journey to Cuba
Geography
Cultural Summary
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria
Languages: Spanish (official)
Ethnic Groups: white 64.1%, mulatto or mixed 26.6%, black 9.3%
Motto: Patria o muerte (Spanish) (Homeland or death)
Statistics (2021.12.31)
Area: 110,861 km²
Catholic Population: 6,688,000 Catholics (60.0% of 11,147,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 299 parishes, 1,603 mission stations (without resident priest), 494 other centres
Clergy: 16 bishops (11 diocesan, 5 titular), 320 priests (185 diocesan, 135 religious), 89 permanent deacons (87 diocesan, 2 religious)
Non-Clergy: 530 religious (30 brothers, 500 sisters), 30 members of secular institutes (4 brothers, 26 sisters), 60 major seminarians, 1,860 missionaries, 2,691 catechists