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Diocese of Holguín, Cuba 🇨🇺

Celebrations

History

  • 1979.01.08: Established as Diocese of Holguín / Holguinen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Holguín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (74)Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverría (74)
(2005.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Holguín (Cuba)

Bishop Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez (95)Bishop Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez (95)
(1979.01.08 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop emeritus of Holguín (Cuba)

Born:1929.10.18 (Velasco, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1955.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1970.03.19

Priest of Santiago (Cuba) (1955.06.26 – 1970.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Novaliciana (1970.01.12 – 1979.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1970.01.12 – 1979.01.08)

Bishop of Holguín (Cuba) (1979.01.08 – 2005.11.14)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,089 km²

Population: 436,900 Catholics (26.6% of 1,643,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes, 60 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (20 diocesan, 15 religious), 5 deacons, 60 religious (18 brothers, 42 sisters), 1 seminarian